Chronic health issues affect maternal fatality rate
A rise in the fatality rate in pregnancy seems to be related to chronic health problems such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease, experts say.
The increase might also have occurred because women are having children later in life.
According to the National Center for Biotechnology, from 2000 to 2014, maternal mortality rates in the U.S. rose 26.6 percent. Meanwhile, global maternal mortality rates fell by more than a third, according to the New York Times.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
