As U.S. Maternal Deaths Rise, UMD Research Underscores Impact of Flawed Data
January 09, 2018
January 09, 2018
BALTIMORE, Jan. 9 -- The University of Maryland issued the following news:
New research from the University of Maryland Population Research Center (MPRC), published in Birth, investigates the rapidly increasing rate of maternal mortality--the death of a woman during or soon after pregnancy--in Texas in recent years. Researchers discovered an 87 percent increase in maternal deaths in Texas when comparing data from 2011-2015 with 2006-2010, but say some of the spike is attributable to . . .
New research from the University of Maryland Population Research Center (MPRC), published in Birth, investigates the rapidly increasing rate of maternal mortality--the death of a woman during or soon after pregnancy--in Texas in recent years. Researchers discovered an 87 percent increase in maternal deaths in Texas when comparing data from 2011-2015 with 2006-2010, but say some of the spike is attributable to . . .