Nation ‘Staggering’ and ‘sobering’: More than 80% of US maternal deaths are preventable, CDC study shows September 20, 2022September 20, 2022Nada Hassanein, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Staggering’ and ‘sobering’: More than 80% of US maternal deaths are preventable, CDC study shows Four in five pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. could have been prevented, according to a federal analysis of data from 2017 to 2019.