Introduction
Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) are multidisciplinary committees that convene at the state or local levels to review deaths during or within 1 year of the end of pregnancy (pregnancy-associated deaths). MMRCs have access to clinical and nonclinical information (for example, vital records, medical records, social service records) to: better understand the circumstances that contributed to each death, determine whether the death was pregnancy-related, and develop recommendations for action to prevent similar deaths in the future.
Data on 525 pregnancy-related deaths among residents of 38 states in 2020 were shared with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (MMRIA, pronounced “Maria”).