After a sharp rise in the number of women dying in childbirth, which was likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows that the mortality rate is returning to pre-coronavirus levels and the racial disparities in who’s most likely to die remain. The rate for 2022 was 22.3 deaths per 100,000 live births, a […] The post The Maternal Mortality Rate Dipped For Black Women. The Reason Is Complicated. appeared first on Capital B News.