Videos:
~ Deadly deliveries: Women share their near-death pregnancy experiences – USA Today – VIDEO
~ Forgotten Mothers: US faces dramatic increase in maternal death rates – YouTube
~ How Childbirth cost one mother her hands and legs – USA Today – VIDEO
~ Many pregnant women are being prescribed potentially dangerous antibiotics: CDC – ABC News – VIDEO
~ Maternal Death Rate in US Hospitals – YouTube
~ Maternal death rates in Texas soar – YouTube
~ Maternity-related deaths on the rise in the US – YouTube
~ Preventable pregnancy-related deaths rising in the US – YouTube
~ Reports: Pregnancy-related deaths on the rise in the US – Fox News – VIDEO
~ The deadly risks women and their babies face at childbirth in the United States – ABC News – VIDEO
~ USA Today: U.S. “most dangerous: place to give birth in developed world – YouTube
~ US Has Highest Maternal Death Rate Of Developed Countries – YouTube
~ US Maternal Death Rates Alarmingly High – YouTube
~ US Maternal Mortality: Deaths related to pregnancies on the rise – YouTube
~ US Maternal Mortality Rates Higher than Reported – YouTube
~ Why childbirth in America is so dangerous – YouTube
~ Woman Dying From Pregnancy And Childbirth Is Still A Problem In The US, CDC Report Shows – YouTube
Documentary
~ The Business of Being Born – Dailymotion – VIDEO
Mainstream News
- ~ 3 in 5 pregnancy-related deaths in US can be prevented: CDC – ABC News
- ~ 3 In 5 Pregnancy-Related Deaths In US Are Preventable, Report Says – CBS Baltimore
- ~ A 15-year-old gave birth in D.C., then was taken off life support. Her case is why a maternal mortality review committee matters – Washington Post
- ~ A shocking number of U.S. women still die of childbirth. California is doing something about that – The Washington Post
- ~ Deadly Deliveries – Full Series – USA Today
- ~ Deadly deliveries- How hospitals are failing mothers – USA TODAY
- ~ Deadly deliveries: “I am one of the 50,000” (Videos) – USA TODAY
- ~ High maternal death rate shames America among developed nations – USA Today
- ~ Hospitals blame moms when childbirth goes wrong. Secret data suggest it’s not that simple. – USA Today
- ~ Hospitals know how to protect mothers. They just aren’t doing it. Maternal mortality rates rise as hospital safety measures go unused – USA Today
- ~ How Many American Women Die From Causes Related to Pregnancy or Childbirth? No One Knows. — ProPublica
- ~ Hundreds of woment die each year from pregnancy issues. Most of the deaths could be prevented – The Washington Post
- ~ Lost Mothers — ProPublica
- ~ Lost Mothers: An estimated 700 to 900 women in the U.S. died from pregnancy-related causes in 2016. We have identified 134 of them so far. – ProPublica
- ~ Lost Mothers- Maternal Mortality In The U.S. – NPR
- ~ Maternal deaths injuries top 10 takeaways from hospital investigation – USA Today
- ~ Maternal mortality: An American crisis – CBS News
- ~ Maternal mortality rates rise as hospital safety measures go unused. Hospitals know how to protect mothers. They just aren’t doing it. – Propublica
- ~ ‘Mommy went to heaven’ Like thousands of women facing childbirth emergencies every year, YoLanda Mention didn’t get the care recommended by leading experts for new mothers experiencing severe high blood pressure, according to court records. Now, her family goes on without her.- USA Today
- ~ Nearly Dying In Childbirth: Why Preventable Complications Are Growing In U.S. – NPR
- Every year in the U.S., nearly 4 million women give birth, the vast majority without anything going amiss for themselves or their babies. But more than 135 expectant and new mothers a day — or roughly 50,000 a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — endure dangerous and even life-threatening complications that often leave them wounded, weakened, traumatized, financially devastated, unable to bear more children, or searching in vain for answers about what went wrong.
- For the past year, ProPublica and NPR have been examining why the U.S. has the highest rate of maternal mortality in the industrialized world. That relative high rate of death, though, has overshadowed the far more pervasive problem that experts call “severe maternal morbidity.”
- Each year in the U.S., 700 to 900 women die related to pregnancy and childbirth. But for each of those women who die, up to 70 suffer hemorrhages, organ failure or other significant complications. That amounts to more than 1 percent of all births. The annual cost of these near deaths to women, their families, taxpayers and the health care system runs into billions of dollars.
- ~ Nearly 700 women in the United States die each year due to pregnancy or childbirth – CNN
- ~ Our maternal mortality rate is a national embarrassment – The Washington Post
- ~ Preventable Maternal Deaths Continue to Occur in the US – The Pew Charitable Trusts
- ~ Preventable Pregnancy Deaths in America Are ‘Alarmingly’ High About 700 women die of pregnancy-related problems every year in the U.S., and many of those deaths appear to be preventable. – US News
- ~ Significant racial disparity found in US pregnancy deaths – BBC News
- ~ States With the Highest Maternal Mortality Rates Some states’ maternal mortality rates match those of developing countries. – US News
- ~ The crisis in America’s maternity wards – The Washington Post
- ~ The New U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Fails to Capture Many Deaths — ProPublica
- ~ The secret number maternity hospitals don’t want you to know, and why we’re revealing it – USA Today
- ~ The U.S. Has a Maternal Mortality Rate Again. Here’s Why That Matters. After more than a decade, the federal government is again publishing an estimate crucial to public health efforts. – US News
- ~ The US Has The Highest Maternal Death Rate Af Any Developed Nation; California Is Trying To Do Something About That – CBS Sacramento
- ~ The US has the highest maternal death rate of any developed nation. California is trying to do something about that – The Mercury News
- ~ USA Today investigation ranks states with the highest maternal death rates – CBS News
- ~ U.S. has highest maternal death rate among developed countries – Modern Healthcare
- ~ US has the highest maternal death rate of any developed nation – WHDH 7 Boston
- ~ U.S. Has The Worst Rate of Maternal Deaths In The Developed World – NPR
- ~ U.S. “most dangerous” place to give birth in developed world, USA Today investigation finds – CBS News
- ~ We finally have a new US maternal mortality estimate. It’s still terrible. Among 10 similarly wealthy countries, “the US would rank 10th.” – Vox
- ~ Why giving birth in the U.S. is surprisingly deadly – National Geographic
Independent News
- ~ Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent Maternal Deaths – Cision PR Newswire
- ~ Maternity Care in Crisis: American Women Are Dying From Childbirth at a Higher Rate Than in Any Other Developed Country – National Conference of State Legislatures
- ~ Over-medicalization of Maternal Health in America – Every Mother Counts
- ~ What You Need to Know About Maternal Mortality in the United States Why is the U.S. behind other developed nations in maternal care? – Entity Magazine
Infographics
- ~ Infographic- The Overmedicalization of Childbirth – California Health Care Foundation
- ~ Infographic- Listening to Mothers, 2018 (PDF)
Facts and Stats
- ~ FastStats – Births – Method of Delivery – CDC
- ~ First Data Released on Maternal Mortality in Over a Decade – CDC
- ~ Maternal Mortality – CDC
- ~ Maternal mortality – WHO
- ~ Maternal mortality rates and statistics – UNICEF DATA
- ~ Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System – Maternal and Infant Health – CDC
- ~ Pregnancy-Related Deaths – CDC
- ~ Table 1Global, regional, and national or territory number of maternal deaths, maternal mortality ratio (MMR; number of deaths per 100 000 livebirths), and annualised rates of change in percent, 1990–2015 – The Lancet – DATA
Reports
- ~ Has the medicalisation of childbirth gone too far? – The BMJ
- ~ TRENDS IN MATERNAL MORTALITY 2000-2017 Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division – PDF
- ~ Underreporting of maternal deaths on death certificates and the magnitude of the problem of maternal mortality – PubMed
- ~ Underreporting of Maternal Deaths on Death Certificates and the Magnitude of the Problem of Maternal Mortality – American Journal of Public Healht – Sci-Hub.se – PDF
- ~ Vital Signs- Pregnancy-Related Deaths, United States, 2011–2015, and Strategies for Prevention, 13 States, 2013–2017 – MMWR
- ~ What factors increase the risk of maternal morbidity and mortality? – NICHD
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