“the 2018 maternal mortality rate was 17.4 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births — meaning 658 women died in 2018. The figure includes deaths during pregnancy, at birth, or within 42 days of birth.
The rate once again put the US last among similarly wealthy countries”
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“If you compare the CDC figure to other countries in the World Health Organization’s latest maternal mortality ranking, the US would rank 55th, just behind Russia (17 per 100,000) and just ahead of Ukraine”
https://www.vox.com/2020/1/30/21113782/pregnancy-deaths-us-maternal-mortality-rate