“Traditionally, we blamed Black patients for their complications, or even for dying,” she said. Fifi Diop, the department’s director of maternal child health research, said these problems largely are preventable. It also counted incidents that required a birthing person to be placed on a ventilator or have their uterus removed.ĭr. The report - the state’s first on this topic - analyzed the rates of serious complications such as heart attacks, kidney failure, sepsis and eclampsia, a dangerous condition of high blood pressure. Robbie Goldstein, commissioner of public health, told reporters. “This is an extreme example of systemic structural racism that results in a lack of trust with health care and can result in these severe events,” Dr. The research adds to the growing body of evidence that the maternal health crisis in Massachusetts and across the country has worsened, which is sobering news, especially for a state known as a destination for medical care. By 2020, the study found Black patients experienced severe complications two and half times more often than white patients - a disparity that grew more stark over time. The frequency of these serious health problems increased about 9% per year, from about 52 per 10,000 deliveries in 2011 to about 100 per 10,000 deliveries in 2020.īut for Black people, the rate of complications grew even faster. The study identified 4,092 incidents of severe complications over that decade. Traducido en español por El Planeta, Boston's Latino daily. The rate of these unexpected, life-threatening complications nearly doubled in a decade, from 2011 to 2020, according to a new report from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
State officials are tracking an alarming increase in health complications related to pregnancy and birth in Massachusetts, especially for Black patients. Department of Public Health study found Black patients experienced severe complications two and half times more often than white patients.
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