California saw a 68.8% increase in deaths involving pregnant or recently pregnant women from 2019 to 2021, linked to the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021, California reported 21.6 pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births, still below the U.S. pregnancy-related mortality rate of 24.9 deaths per 100,000 live births at that time.
There were a total of 226 pregnancy-related deaths in California from 2019 to 2021, with varying numbers across different regions, such as 60 in the area including Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles.
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