Ohio Report Finds Many Pregnancy-Related Deaths Preventable

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio Department of Health says nearly 200 women died from pregnancy-related causes over a recent eight-year period and many of their deaths were preventable.
A report the department issued Friday identified 186 pregnancy-related deaths between 2008 and 2016, a ratio of 14.7 per 100,000 live births. Black women were more than 2.5 times more likely to die of a pregnancy-related condition than white women.
The leading underlying causes were heart conditions, infectio