The US saw a 40 per cent rise in maternal death rates from 2020 to 2021, according to a report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention （CDC）。 This sharp increase builds on a trend of steadily rising maternal deaths over the last several years in the US.

根据美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）的一份报告，从2020年到2021年，美国孕产妇死亡率上升了40%。这一急剧增长是建立在过去几年美国孕产妇死亡人数稳步上升的趋势之上的。

The report is based on data from the National Vital Statistics System, which tracks births and deaths across the US. Maternal mortality is defined by the World Health Organization as “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy”， but excludes deaths not related to pregnancy or its associated complications.

该报告基于国家生命统计系统的数据，该系统跟踪美国各地的出生和死亡情况。世界卫生组织将孕产妇死亡率定义为"孕妇在怀孕期间或终止妊娠后42天内死亡"，但不包括与怀孕或其相关并发症无关的死亡。

According to research by the Commonwealth Fund, the US has the highest maternal death rate of any rich nation by a significant margin, with more than three times as many deaths as the runner-up, France.

根据英联邦基金会的研究，美国的孕产妇死亡率在所有富裕国家中遥遥领先，是第二名法国的三倍多。

In the US, the number of maternal deaths jumped from 861 in 2020 to 1205 in 2021. The CDC also reported a disproportionate increase in maternal mortality rates for Black women compared to white women, with around 70 deaths per 100,000 live births, up from 55 deaths in 2020. That’s more than twice as high as the rate for white women in 2021, who had around 27 deaths per 100,000 live births.

在美国，孕产妇死亡人数从2020年的861人跃升至2021年的1205人。美国疾病控制与预防中心还报告称，与白人女性相比，黑人女性的孕产妇死亡率出现了不成比例的增长，每10万活产死亡约70人，高于2020年的55人。这是2021年白人女性死亡率的两倍多，后者每10万活产中约有27人死亡。

The report also found a significant increase in older women dying from complications related to birth and pregnancy. There were around 20 deaths per 100,000 live births from women under 25, compared to 139 for those ages 40 and over. Maternal death rates in people 40 and older were up 28 per cent from 2020.

报告还发现，死于与分娩和怀孕有关的并发症的年长妇女显著增加。25岁以下妇女每10万活产约有20人死亡，而40岁及以上妇女为139人。40岁及以上人群孕产妇死亡率较2020年上升28%。