Pregnancy‐Related Mortality and Severe Maternal Morbidity in Rural Appalachia: Established Risks and the Need to Know More

Purpose The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology have called for researchers to further elucidate medical and social determinants of pregnancy‐related death and severe maternal morbidity. This report begins to answer this call in the context of rural Appalachia. Methods This report identifies risk factors exposing women in rural Appalachia to pregnancy‐related death and severe...