Our increasing maternal mortality rate is gathering attention both nationally and internationally. The U.S. is 33rd among developed nations, and the rate is increasing. Indeed, as Neel Shah notes: Americans today are 50 percent more likely to die in the period surrounding childbirth than their own mothers. In 1974, the U.S. maternal mortality rate was
U.S. maternal mortality crisis: a deep dive originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
