Texas Delays Release Of Pregnancy-Related Death Count Until Next Summer<\/p>\n
Texas health officials won\u2019t be releasing the findings of their latest study on statewide maternal death rates until next summer, a major delay from the original September 1 release date.<\/p>\n
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Texas hasn\u2019t updated its maternal death count since 2013, according to the Houston Chronicle.<\/p>\n
Read more at Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/p>\n America is the most dangerous place to give birth in the developed world \u2014 it\u2019s only getting worse<\/p>\n According to 2017 data<\/a>, Norway and Italy recorded just two maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Sweden and Spain had four, Japan five, France and Singapore eight. The U.S., in contrast, stood at 19 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, on par with the poorest European country \u2014 Moldova, and faring a bit worse than Russia or Iran. America is the most dangerous place to give birth in the developed world.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n Breaking down the U.S. data by race or by state reveals even more abysmal numbers. For non-Hispanic Black women, maternal mortality rate is whopping 55 deaths per 100,000 live births<\/a> \u2014 worse than in e.g. Jordan or Panama!<\/p>\n Read more at The Hill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Texas Delays Release Of Pregnancy-Related Death Count Until Next Summer Texas health officials won\u2019t be releasing the findings of their latest study on statewide maternal death rates until next summer, a major delay from the original September 1 release date. * Texas hasn\u2019t updated its maternal death count since 2013, according to the Houston Chronicle. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[90,10],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-maternal-death-rates","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}