Current Events > Maternal mortality (women dying during childbirth) is rising in the US

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Antifar
05/12/17 12:18:03 PM
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Even as it falls in other developed countries
https://www.propublica.org/article/die-in-childbirth-maternal-death-rate-health-care-system

THE ABILITY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF MOTHERS AND BABIES in childbirth is a basic measure of a society’s development. Yet every year in the U.S., 700 to 900 women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related causes, and some 65,000 nearly die — by many measures, the worst record in the developed world.

American women are more than three times as likely as Canadian women to die in the maternal period (defined by the Centers for Disease Control as the start of pregnancy to one year after delivery or termination), six times as likely to die as Scandinavians. In every other wealthy country, and many less affluent ones, maternal mortality rates have been falling; in Great Britain, the journal Lancet recently noted, the rate has declined so dramatically that “a man is more likely to die while his partner is pregnant than she is.” But in the U.S., maternal deaths increased from 2000 to 2014. In a recent analysis by the CDC Foundation, nearly 60 percent of such deaths were preventable.

While maternal mortality is significantly more common among African Americans, low-income women and in rural areas, pregnancy and childbirth complications kill women of every race and ethnicity, education and income level, in every part of the U.S. ProPublica and NPR spent the last several months scouring social media and other sources, ultimately identifying more than 450 expectant and new mothers who have died since 2011. The list includes teachers, insurance brokers, homeless women, journalists, a spokeswoman for Yellowstone National Park, a co-founder of the YouTube channel WhatsUpMoms, and more than a dozen doctors and nurses like Lauren Bloomstein. They died from cardiomyopathy and other heart problems, massive hemorrhage, blood clots, infections and pregnancy-induced hypertension (preeclampsia) as well as rarer causes. Many died days or weeks after leaving the hospital. Maternal mortality is commonplace enough that three new mothers who died, including Lauren, were cared for by the same OB-GYN.

The reasons for higher maternal mortality in the U.S. are manifold. New mothers are older than they used to be, with more complex medical histories. Half of pregnancies in the U.S. are unplanned, so many women don’t address chronic health issues beforehand. Greater prevalence of C-sections leads to more life-threatening complications. The fragmented health system makes it harder for new mothers, especially those without good insurance, to get the care they need. Confusion about how to recognize worrisome symptoms and treat obstetric emergencies makes caregivers more prone to error.


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KiwiTerraRizing
05/12/17 12:21:58 PM
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The poor can't afford healthcare or even the transportation to go to the doctor.

Republicans think death is a just punishment for being poor.
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metralo
05/12/17 12:22:03 PM
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conservatives wish this stat was higher
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DarkChozoGhost
05/12/17 12:22:07 PM
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But no our healthcare system is fine.
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foreveraIone
05/12/17 12:24:17 PM
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metralo posted...
conservatives wish this stat was higher

Correct. They want to lower the life expectancy. That's how they reduce SS spending and whatnot.
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Skurvy_1
05/12/17 12:24:21 PM
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Just the news I need to hear the day after confirming my wife's pregnancy with her doc -_-
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davyheinz
05/12/17 12:27:04 PM
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metralo posted...
conservatives wish this stat was higher

After the shit they have pulled lately, this comment seems pretty fair.
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MakoReizei
05/12/17 12:29:15 PM
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metralo posted...
conservatives wish this stat was higher

Lol
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DKFjalfe
05/12/17 12:30:42 PM
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davyheinz posted...
metralo posted...
conservatives wish this stat was higher

After the shit they have pulled lately, this comment seems pretty fair.
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