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   > Most of them voted for Biden so no great loss.   
      
   Maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled over the course of two   
   decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally.   
      
   Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates, while the largest   
   increases in deaths were found in American Indian and Native Alaskan   
   mothers. And some states — and racial or ethnic groups within them – fared   
   worse than others.   
      
   The findings were laid out in a new study published Monday in the Journal   
   of the American Medical Association. Researchers looked at maternal deaths   
   between 1999 and 2019 — but not the pandemic spike — for every state and   
   five racial and ethnic groups.   
      
   “It’s a call to action to all of us to understand the root causes — to   
   understand that some of it is about health care and access to health care,   
   but a lot of it is about structural racism and the policies and procedures   
   and things that we have in place that may keep people from being healthy,”   
   said Dr. Allison Bryant, one of the study's authors and a senior medical   
   director for health equity at Mass General Brigham.   
      
   Among wealthy nations, the U.S. has the highest rate of maternal   
   mortality, which is defined as a death during pregnancy or up to a year   
   afterward. Common causes include excessive bleeding, infection, heart   
   disease, suicide and drug overdose.   
      
   https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kansas/articles/2023-07-03/us-   
   maternal-deaths-more-than-doubled-over-two-decades-in-unequal-proportions-   
   for-race-and-geography   
      
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