How bad is maternal mortality in the U.S.? A new study says it&;#039;s been overestimated
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How bad is maternal mortality in the U.S.? A new study says it&;#039;s been overestimated

The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics' most recent report put the U.S. maternal mortality rate at a whopping 32.9 deaths per 100‚000 births. That number garnered a great deal of attention‚ including being covered by NPR and other news outlets. A new study suggests the national U.S. maternal mortality rate is actually much lower than that: 10.4 deaths per 100‚000 births. The widely reported issue of racial disparities in U.S. maternal mortality persists‚ even...