TABLE 3.
12-month incidence of post-partum death (overall and for drug-related/suicide deaths), according to maternal age, race/ethnicity, insurance status, and urbanicity at index delivery, among women delivering in California, 2010-2012.
| Sociodemographic characteristic | Total deaths (N) | Overall mortality rate (per 100,000 person-years) | Rate ratio (95% CI) | Drug-related/ suicide deaths (N) | Drug-related/ suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 person-years) | Rate ratio (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | ||||||
| <20 years | 27 | 32.55 | 1.29 (.85, 1.96) | 5 | 6.03 | 1.23 (0.49, 3.11) |
| 20-35 years | 217 | 26.57 | 1.0 | 41 | 5.02 | 1.0 |
| ≥35 years | 56 | 35.13 | 1.40 (1.03, 1.90) | 8 | 5.02 | 1.03 (0.48, 2.19) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 100 | 25.60 | 1.0 | 30 | 7.68 | 1.0 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 46 | 61.87 | 2.37 (1.65, 3.42) | 5 | 6.73 | 0.70 (0.25, 1.99) |
| Hispanic | 108 | 26.47 | 0.97 (0.73, 1.29) | 11 | 2.70 | 0.35 (0.18, 0.70) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian/PI | 34 | 24.92 | 0.86 (0.57, 1.32) | 5 | 3.67 | 0.48 (0.19, 1.23) |
| Non-Hispanic other | 12 | 24.17 | 0.93 (0.50, 1.74) | 3 | 6.04 | 0.79 (0.24, 2.58) |
| Insurance/payer | ||||||
| Private | 105 | 17.51 | 1.0 | 14 | 2.34 | 1.0 |
| Medicaid | 162 | 38.51 | 2.20 (1.70, 2.85) | 34 | 8.08 | 3.36 (1.80, 6.28) |
| Self-pay | 10 | 89.60 | 4.57 (2.22, 9.41) | 1 | 8.96 | 3.84 (0.51, 29.19) |
| Other | 23 | 83.38 | 4.86 (3.03, 7.79) | 5 | 18.13 | 7.76 (2.80, 21.56) |
| Urbanicity | ||||||
| Metropolitan | 275 | 27.52 | 1.0 | 44 | 4.40 | 1.0 |
| Micropolitan | 19 | 44.74 | 1.63 (1.00, 2.67) | 8 | 18.83 | 3.74 (1.69, 8.31) |
| Small town/rural | 6 | 34.81 | 1.42 (0.63, 3.19) | 2 | 11.60 | 2.64 (0.64, 10.87) |