Alexander Hay on Nostr: What better way to celebrate the #FourthOfJuly than to point out that the death rate ...
What better way to celebrate the #FourthOfJuly than to point out that the death rate amongst new mothers in the #USA has almost tripled in 20 years?
"...For the entire #US population, the team found that the #Maternal mortality rate rose from 12.7 #Deaths per 100,000 live births in 1999 to 32.2... in 2019.
"#NativeAmerican populations... saw the biggest uptick, with a more than three-fold increase in the maternal mortality rate from 19,0 per 100,000 to 69.3..."
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2380763-the-maternal-death-rate-in-the-us-has-more-than-doubled-since-1999/
"...For the entire #US population, the team found that the #Maternal mortality rate rose from 12.7 #Deaths per 100,000 live births in 1999 to 32.2... in 2019.
"#NativeAmerican populations... saw the biggest uptick, with a more than three-fold increase in the maternal mortality rate from 19,0 per 100,000 to 69.3..."
#News
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2380763-the-maternal-death-rate-in-the-us-has-more-than-doubled-since-1999/