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Last week, for the first time since 2007, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reported new data on maternal mortality in the United States. As a result, we now also have a much more accurate picture of what is happening in the U.S. In previous years, not all states collected the same data in the same way. Now, we can compare rates between states and even globally.
       

Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - February 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Laurie Zephyrin, M.D., Eugene Declercq Source Type: blogs