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That includes California as well. That’s the good news. The bad news is, that as a whole, America’s rate increased to 21 percent. This is from a study in the September Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology covering the period 2000-2014. The horrible news: Texas maternal deaths per 100,000 births rose to 23.8 in 2014 from 18.8 in 2000 – or about 27 percent. For comparison, the rate in France was only 8 and in Germany 7 (CIA World Factbook, 1 January 2014).
The study authors attribute much, but not all, of the increase in Texas to its systematic attacks on women’s health care. Google “Texas Timeline: 5 Big Blows to Reproductive Health in the Past 5 Years." They did not speculate as to other causation.
I believe the additional hazard to maternal health in Texas is its so-called business friendly economy. Thanks to lax business regulation, it can boast of the following state-level leadership positions on environment:
John H. Terrell
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