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Maternal Mortality Rate in the USA Goes Up

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  • AxtremusA Offline
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    Axtremus
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    https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-maternal-mortality-hits-highest-level-since-1965-f9829776

    U.S. Maternal Mortality Hits Highest Level Since 1965
    Black mothers are the most affected, 2021 data show

    Seems mostly attributable to the pandemic.

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    • AxtremusA Axtremus

      https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-maternal-mortality-hits-highest-level-since-1965-f9829776

      U.S. Maternal Mortality Hits Highest Level Since 1965
      Black mothers are the most affected, 2021 data show

      Seems mostly attributable to the pandemic.

      Doctor PhibesD Offline
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      @Axtremus said in Maternal Mortality Rate in the USA Goes Up:

      https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-maternal-mortality-hits-highest-level-since-1965-f9829776

      U.S. Maternal Mortality Hits Highest Level Since 1965
      Black mothers are the most affected, 2021 data show

      Seems mostly attributable to the pandemic.

      Can't get past the paywall, but I heard a report on this on NPR this morning, and the woman interviewed said that the US had significantly higher rates than other similar countries, but that the rise was due to Covid. She didn't address the discrepancy to other countries, who also had Covid of course, but which seems to me like as though it should be the main cause for concern.

      I was only joking

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      • MikM Offline
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        In what way is it attributable to the pandemic here when it is not occurring elsewhere?

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        • LuFins DadL Offline
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          The rise was similar to other countries. Our baseline has always been higher.

          Other countries had rises, too…

          The Brad

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            When you're fat, dumb and addicted, you die earlier.

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            • George KG Offline
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              The rise in reported maternal mortality rates in the US is largely due to a change in measurement

              But researchers have shown that this rise does not represent an actual increase in the number of women dying in childbirth. Rather, it is the result of a change in measurement that was gradually introduced in the US between 2003 and 2017.

              This change wasn’t adopted at a national level in a single moment; that would have led to a single step-wise change in mortality rates. Instead, the measurement change was adopted state by state, which led to a gradual rise over 14 years.

              This measurement change has helped to identify more deaths that meet the criteria for maternal deaths, but has also led to some misclassification.

              The process of determining the cause of death can be complicated, and in many countries, national statistics from death certificates tend to miss some maternal deaths. To tackle this, some countries have used additional systems to identify maternal deaths that would otherwise be unreported.

              In this article, I explain how a change in measurement in the United States led to an apparent rising trend in maternal deaths.

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              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • LuFins DadL Offline
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                I’m sure we can blame Roe V Wade

                The Brad

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                • George KG Offline
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                  @George-K said in Maternal Mortality Rate in the USA Goes Up:

                  The rise in reported maternal mortality rates in the US is largely due to a change in measurement

                  For those who thought tl;dr...the change occurred when a new checkbox was added in a drop-down to determine mortality. Not every state adopted the checkbox at the same time, and as states did, the "mortality" measure rose.

                  Screenshot 2024-05-13 at 7.42.11 AM.png

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    It's time to get rid of the checkbox.

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