“Data shows maternal mortality in the U.S. has skyrocketed in 2021, and experts fear it’s getting worse,” cnn.com said. It should be noted that this is another (although only this time so sharp) increase in the maternal mortality rate in the US over the years – and it is twice as high among black American women.
The American media even write about the “crisis of maternal mortality”.
Experts say the ongoing maternal mortality crisis in the US has been compounded by COVID-19 leading to a ‘dramatic’ rise in deaths
– reports CNN.
For details, see the National Center for Health Statistics report published Thursday, March 24. by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2021, 1,205 women died due to pregnancy and childbirth. The center compares these statistics with previous years: in 2018, the maternal mortality rate was 658, in 2019 – 754, and in 2020 – 861.
“The most dangerous country to bear children”
“The Wall Street Journal”, in turn, points out that the number of deaths of pregnant women in the US in 2021 is 10 times higher than in other developed countries – such as Japan, Israel, Spain, Australia and Austria. It is “the most dangerous country to give birth to children among the developed ones” – it was pointed out.
What are the reasons for such a dramatic state of affairs? Experts argue that they mainly have a social basis that “they hinder access to health care or worsen the health of patients during pregnancy. The deaths of pregnant women in the US are most often caused by diseases related to cardiovascular failure, hypertension, as well as lifestyle diseases – such as obesity and heart disease.
“Experts say about 50% of women’s deaths could be prevented”
The alarming number of women dying during pregnancy or childbirth in the US was reported in 2017. The result of a 4-year USA Today investigation was published at that time, which showed, among other things, that in 2017, 700 pregnant women died and 50,000 suffered serious injuries during childbirth.
“Maternal mortality in the United States is constantly increasing. The United States currently has the highest rate (maternal mortality – ed.) in developed countries,” USA Today alarmed in 2017.
Experts say that around 50 percent of women’s birth-related deaths could have been prevented if they had had better medical care, and that’s really surprising considering we’re one of the richest countries in the world and we spend so much on medical care. We’re not just talking about women who die. We’re also talking about the 50,000 American women who experience life-altering harm
– said in the studio “CBS This Morning” a few years ago the investigative reporter “USA Today”, Alison Young.
Texas authorities hid data on maternal mortality?
In 2022, it came to light that the Texas Department of State Health Services had missed the deadline for publishing the 2019 data on maternal mortality rates in the state. It was explained that these data would be made public in mid-2023.
What may appear to be a display of administrative incompetence may instead be an attempt to hide from the public damning state and national statistics until mid-term in 2022.
Recall that at the same time, the situation of American women who want access to abortion is difficult – especially in Texas. According to the law in force there, a woman who decides to have an abortion is exempt from criminal liability, but the mere aid in terminating a pregnancy is punishable by up to life imprisonment.
The decision of the US Supreme Court of June 2022, overturning the judgment in the famous Roe vs. Wade, practically deprived American women of the right to abortion. The highest instance of the judiciary left the autonomous decision in this regard to individual US states.
Sources: cnn.com/thehill.com/USA Today/CBS News/insider.com/https://www.npr.org/
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