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DONNA HOYERT: The maternal mortality rate for 2022 decreased from that of 2021 by about 30%, and we're returning to pre-pandemic levels. SIMMONS-DUFFIN: Overall, 817 women died in 2022.
In 2021, the age-adjusted mortality rate for Covid-19 was 131 deaths per 100,000 men compared with 82 deaths per 100,00 women — leading to a 0.33 year difference in life expectancy since 2019 ...
According to the report, 8.7% of all 6,392 Veterans who died by suicide in 2021 received either VHA or Veterans Benefits Administration services in 2020 or 2021, while 51.3% received neither services.
The Women’s 5000m Final at the 2024 Paris Olympics takes place on Monday, August 5, 2024 (8/5/24) in Paris, France.
In 2021, revelations about sexual misconduct and racism roiled the NWSL and sparked investigations. Now, the women's soccer league will set aside $5 million for victims and implement other reforms.
The rate of Texas women who died because of pregnancy or childbirth rose sharply in 2020 and 2021 to the highest since the state started tracking maternal deaths in 2013. Even excluding deaths ...