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The weird stat that always sticks out to me is the maternal mortality rate being so bad in the USA versus other developed nations in spite of unrationed care.
by stevenwoo 9y ago
The weird stat that always sticks out to me is the maternal mortality rate being so bad in the USA versus other developed nations in spite of unrationed care. There's a big racial component in that but it doesn't explain the difference (You're more likely to die if you are a black mother in the USA, and there is no physiological reason for that.) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/has-maternal-mortality-really-doubled-in-the-u-s/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/has-maternal-mort...
- refurb 9y agoIt's an interesting problem to find the cause of. I think some of it is due to unequal access to care, but that doesn't explain all of it. Some of it is due to how a country measures a "live" birth. Some countries say if the child dies within 24 hours of being born, it was never "alive". That certainly helps improve child mortality measures!