NEW YORK, July 5 (Xinhua) — Monday (July 3), The Associated Press cited a new study from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Maternal deaths in the United States have more than doubled in the past two decades, and this tragedy is uneven.
Black women have the highest maternal mortality rate in the US. The greatest increases in mortality were among Native American Indian and Alaska Native mothers. Some states including racial and ethnic groups in these states. The above problems are more serious.
The researchers of the above study looked at maternal deaths between 1999 and 2019 in all states and five racial and ethnic groups. But deaths caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are not counted.
Allison Bryant, one of the study’s authors and senior medical director for health equity at Mass General Brigham, said these statistics called for everyone. Understanding the root cause of the problem Understand that some of the root causes are related to health care and access to health care. But much of it is about structural racism and the existing policies, procedures, and other things that might prevent people from accessing good health.
The United States has a high rate of maternal mortality. Or deaths during pregnancy or up to a year after that are highest among rich countries. Common causes include excessive bleeding, infections, heart disease, suicide and drug overdoses.
(Xinhua photo file: pregnant woman photographed in Houston (USA, Texas, June 10, 2019)
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