Racial disparities and maternal mortality in Brazil: findings from a national database

• Main Authors: Amanda Dantas Silva (Author), José Paulo Siqueira Guida (Author), Debora de Souza Santos (Author), Silvia Maria Santiago (Author), Fernanda Garanhani Surita (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess maternal mortality (MM) in Brazilian Black, Pardo, and White women. METHODS We evaluated the maternal mortality rate (MMR) using data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health public databases from 2017 to 2022. We compared MMR among Black, Pardo, and White women according t...