Fact Sheet
Maternal and Child Mortality in the US: The Role of WIC in Addressing the Crisis
By National WIC Association
The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any industrialized country—26.4 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2015.
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Date Added
March 7, 2019
Citation
National WIC Association, Maternal and Child Mortality in the US: The Role of WIC in Addressing the Crisis; Available online: https://media.nwica.org/2019-wic-maternal-mortality.pdf
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