TABLE 2—

States and Maternal Death by Tertile of State Abortion Policy Composite Index: United States, 2015–2018

Abortion Policy Index	No. of States	States
TMM (n = 3785), No. (%)	MM (n = 2524), No. (%)	LMM (n = 962), No. (%)
Low	15	CA, CT, DC, HI, IL, MD, ME, MT, NH, NJ, NM, NY,  OR, VT, WA	1004 (26.53)	499 (19.77)	206 (21.41)
Moderate	17	AK, AZ, CO, DE, FL, IA, KY, MA, MN, NV, OH, PA,  RI, TN, WI, WV, WY	999 (26.39)	714 (28.29)	285 (29.63)
High	19	AL, AR, GA, ID, IN, KS, LA, MI, MO, MS, NC, ND,  NE, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA	1782 (47.08)	1311 (51.94)	471 (48.96)

Note. LMM = late maternal mortality; MM = maternal mortality; TMM = total maternal mortality. All counts of MM and LMM exclude data from California.