Mortality After Childbirth Among Black Persons in Ontario: A Call for Better Race-Based and Sociodemographic Data.

Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC Pub Date : 2025-09-10 DOI:10.1016/j.jogc.2025.103110

Carolina Lavin Venegas, Nicole F Roberts, Alicia St Hill, Modupe Tunde-Byass, Kasim E Abdulaziz, Mark Walker, Ann E Sprague

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Racial disparities in obstetric outcomes are well-documented internationally, with Black persons facing significantly higher risks of maternal mortality, but Canadian data remain limited. We investigated the causes of death among 20 Black birthing persons over a 10-year period in Ontario, Canada. Efforts to advance and monitor equity in perinatal health require improved collection, use, and governance of sociodemographic and social determinants of health data, including race data. This is essential for decision-making within and outside the health system to drive impactful change. The Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) Ontario is involved in initiatives to raise awareness and advocate for advancing health equity and welcomes collaboration with communities, people with lived experience, clinicians, and organizations empowered for change.

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安大略省黑人分娩后的死亡率：呼吁更好的基于种族和社会人口统计数据。

国际上对产科结果的种族差异有充分的记录，黑人面临着明显更高的孕产妇死亡风险，但加拿大的数据仍然有限。我们调查了加拿大安大略省20名黑人分娩个体在10年期间的死亡原因。为促进和监测围产期健康方面的公平，需要改进对包括种族数据在内的健康数据的社会人口统计学和社会决定因素的收集、使用和管理。这对于卫生系统内外的决策推动有影响的变革至关重要。安大略生育组织参与了提高认识和倡导促进卫生公平的倡议，并欢迎与社区、有实际经验的人、临床医生和有权进行变革的组织合作。

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