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At a species level yes, childbirth works fine. Before the modern era deaths of both child and mother were very high (10%+) when giving birth. That said, the U
by isostatic 8y ago
At a species level yes, childbirth works fine.
Before the modern era deaths of both child and mother were very high (10%+) when giving birth.
That said, the U.S. approach to childbirth is clearly not working, with childbirth deaths at 3 times that of Canada, and higher than the rest of the developed world.
- jessaustin 8y agoLike lots of things in USA this is tied to racism. Whites in USA have risks similar to those of other developed nations. Analysis has found that nonwhite immigrants have largely the same results as USA whites. However, their daughters have the same elevated risks as other minorities in USA. Public health experts don't have any idea why this is, so they're no closer to solving this problem than e.g. the public education system is to fixing its own racist outcomes.