Monday, November 16, 2015

Women are twice as likely to die from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth in the United States than in Canada




Having A Baby In The U.S. Is Twice As Dangerous As In Canada

Our maternal mortality rate has gotten worse since the '90s.

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Women are twice as likely to die from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth in the United States than in Canada, a new global survey of maternal mortality published by the United Nations and the World Bank showed on Thursday.

The United States was also one of only 13 countries to have worse rates of maternal mortality in 2015 than in 1990 - a group that also includes North Korea, Zimbabwe and Venezuela.

The survey, led by the World Health Organization, aims to track progress against the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. It estimated there would be 303,000 maternal d
eaths globally this year, down from 532,000 in 1990.


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