Methods| Data were from the restricted National Vital Statistics System mortality files for
2017 to 2020. The Columbia University institutional review board approved this analysis and …

Substance use in pregnancy is common; nearly one of five of pregnant individuals have
pastmonth nicotine, alcohol, or illicit substance use, and more than one in 10 meet criteria …

Importance Knowledge about characteristics of US pregnancy-associated decedents is
needed to guide responses. Objective To examine individual sociodemographic …

This review focused on literature from the United States evaluating homicide during the
perinatal period. It was completed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic …

OBJECTIVE: To analyze differences in the demographic and social factors associated with
pregnancy-associated violent deaths due to homicide compared with suicide by pregnancy …

Abstract Purpose In the United States (US), deaths during pregnancy and childbirth have
increased over the past 2 decades compared to other high-income countries, and there …

The COVID-19 pandemic had unique effects on pregnant and postpartum people: maternal
deaths from obstetric causes increased 33% between April and December 2020 compared …

Background Very little is known about the prevalence and risk factors of postpartum
depression among women with vaginal births without major pregnancy complications …

Objectives Public health interventions to reduce maternal mortality have largely focused on
obstetric causes of death. However, previous studies have noted that non-obstetrics factors …

BACKGROUND Recent reports indicate that the contribution of deaths related to suicide and
overdose are increasing, and may be the leading contributors to maternal mortality up to one …