Birth complications rise, especially for mothers over 40

A rising number of U.S. women are experiencing serious complications while giving birth, with the highest percentage of problems occurring in mothers over age 40. While severe complications rose by 45 percent overall, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), they were most likely to affect older women, those in poor and urban areas, the uninsured, and black and Hispanic women.  Severe complications rose from 101 per 10,000…
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