Women More Likely to Die During Childbirth Today Vs. 20 Years Ago, Report Finds

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Women More Likely to Die During Childbirth Today Vs. 20 Years Ago, Report Finds
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Women in the United States are more likely to die during childbirth today than they were 20 years ago, according to an updated report (http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/monitoring/maternal-mortality-2013/en/) on maternal mortality trends the World Health Organization (WHO) released last week.

The study found that while most countries around the world — both developed and developing — have seen a decrease in maternal deaths, the U.S. maternal mortality ratio has increased 136% since 1990. In 2013, 28 women per every 100,000 births died, while 12 women per every 100,000 births died in 1990.

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WHO experts told Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/06/us-health-maternity-idUSKBN0DM1AE20140506) that this increase could have several reasons, including lack of health insurance, increased number of C-sections, obesity, diabetes, older women giving birth or even improved reporting for maternal deaths. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/12/maternal-deaths-united-states/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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