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I think the US has fairly broad definitions of maternal mortality, i.e. death within 3 months or 1 year of birth or something like that. Some deaths related to
by rabboRubble 8y ago
I think the US has fairly broad definitions of maternal mortality, i.e. death within 3 months or 1 year of birth or something like that.
Some deaths related to the childbirth happen after the birth is officially over. Think sepsis from c-section complications or untreated post-partum leading to suicide.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoYeah, I took a look and that's exactly it - the US records over a year and the rest of the world a lot lower, so that could pick some stuff up. But I don't think that explains the higher mortality - I imagine the longer one lives after childbirth, the better odds one has that they will continue to live longer, and it certainly doesn't explain why minorities have so much of a higher rate.