TEXAS WOMEN DYING IN CHILD BIRTH IN TEXAS

There is a big increase in Texas of mothers dying in childbirth.*
The rate at which women die in Texas from pregnancy-related complications is higher than in any other US state—or even in the rest of the developed world, reports theGuardian. A study in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology found that the maternal mortality rate in Texas doubled in a two-year span, from about 18 per 100,000 births in 2010—a year with 72 deaths—to about 36 in 2012, which saw 148 deaths. In the 48 states not including Texas and California, the rate was 23.8 deaths per 100,000 in 2014, up 27% from 18.8 in 2000. California was the only state to see a drop. The authors say the hike in the death rate in Texas—no other state saw a similar uptick—is difficult to explain "in the absence of war, natural disaster, or severe economic upheaval," per the Guardian.

The increase coincides with Texas cutting health care funding for women.

http://www.newser.com/story/229968/texas-saw-spike-in-maternal-mortality-hard-to-explain-in-absence-of-war.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=united&utm_campaign=rss_home