The Virginia Maternal Mortality Review Team (MMRT) is proud to present the Virginia Maternal Mortality Review Team Annual Report: 2024 as mandated by Code of Virginia, 32.1-283.8. This report provides an overview of the patterns and trends in pregnancy-associated deaths in the state of Virginia in 2022. The report also includes an overview of the results of the Team’s review of 2021 pregnancy-associated death cases, including contributors to mortality, preventability and draft recommendations. A pregnancy-associated death is defined as “the death of a woman while pregnant or within one year of pregnancy regardless of the outcome of the pregnancy or the cause of death.”
Highlighted findings in this report include:
- In the Commonwealth of Virginia, the number of pregnancy-associated deaths increased from 64 in 2021 to 67 in 2022.
- The pregnancy-associated death rate increased from 66.9 per 100,000 live births in 2021 to 70.1 per 100,000 live births in 2022.
- Approximately 33% of these deaths occurred between 43 and 365 days after the end of the pregnancy.
- Over 35% of pregnancy-associated deaths involved women ages 35 and older.
- The Central Health Services Area had the highest rate of pregnancy-associated deaths at 96.7 per 100,000 live births, followed by the Eastern (87.6 per 100,000 live births) and Southwestern (87.1 per 100,000 live births) Health Services Areas.
We invite you to review the full report, which is available here or by clicking the link below: