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VMA131Marine

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4. Maternal mortality rate in Afghanistan is 620/100,000 live births.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2024, 12:51 PM

Dec 3

The global average is about 150 per 100,000
The EU average is 6 per 100,000
The U.S. average is 21.1 but there is a lot of disparity
No prizes for guessing which states are the worst.
Leading the way is Louisiana at 58.1/100,000 - that’s third world level maternal mortality
Then there’s Georgia at 48.4/100,000

The best state is California with a maternal mortality rate of 4/100,000; that’s the only state better than the EU average.
Massachusetts and Nevada follow at 8.4
Next is Connecticut at 10.5

One thing that’s not clear from these numbers is how much maternal age factors in. Women are waiting longer on average to have children which likely increases the incidence of complications in childbirth.

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Afghan women 'banned from midwife courses' in latest blow to rights [View all] Eugene Dec 3 OP

It's The Screwfly Solution Easterncedar Dec 3 #1

If all the women of child-bearing age just left Afghanistan that would solve the problem in a couple of generations. VMA131Marine Dec 3 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author CrispyQ Dec 3 #9

Marine's comment was a legitimate satirical one. Irish_Dem Dec 3 #10

I have been known to be dense some times, hence my appreciation for this: CrispyQ Dec 3 #12

You don't have to delete. Irish_Dem Dec 3 #13

Just assume everything I write is satire ... VMA131Marine Dec 3 #16

I don't think Muslims believe in "End Times" theology. Shipwack Dec 3 #6

We're a species currently at war with itself. CrispyQ Dec 3 #7

So men want a society with no women, because their hatred runs deep. Irish_Dem Dec 3 #11

Oh yes, birth control was a game changer. Abortion, too. CrispyQ Dec 3 #14

Exactly. We didn't quite realize it at the time when reliable birth control became available. Irish_Dem Dec 3 #15

Watch the US do this next 4catsmom Dec 3 #2

At home and abroad, the bad guys in the Global War On Women continue their juggernaut. Mister Ed Dec 3 #3

Maternal mortality rate in Afghanistan is 620/100,000 live births. VMA131Marine Dec 3 #4

So who will deliver babies and provide health care to women? Irish_Dem Dec 3 #8