Countries that
have lower
maternal mortality
ratios than the US
Deaths per
100,000 live
births
Anthe
US.
3 times as high as th
government's Healthy
People 2010 target
THE US. MATERNAL
HEALTH CARE CRISIS
Numbers You Need To Know
In May 2011, Amnesty International launched a one year
update to its groundbreaking report, Deadly Delivery: The
Maternal Health Care Crisis in the IJSA. From that update,
here are numbers you need to know.
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Care for childbearing women and newboms
is by far the number one reason for
hospitalization in the US
US
cesarean'
rate in
2009. An
all-time high following a 13
consecutive year rise.
In states with
The risk of maternal death
in high-poverty areas
is 2x that in low-
poverty areas.
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOS (PER
100,000 LIVE BIRTHS) BY RACE/
ETHNICITY
34
cesarean rates
non-Hispanic black
higher than 33%,
the risk of maternal
death is 21% higher
than in states with
cesarean rates
American Indian /
169
Alaska Native
Asian / Pacific
Islander
non-Hispanic white
34000
The number of women each year who
nearly die from pregnancy-related
complications one every 15 minutes
9.6
Hispanic
African-Arnerican women are 3 to
4 times more likely to
die from pregnancy
-related causes than
white women.
50 YEARS
AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL
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Amnesty International is a Noikl Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with more
than 3 million supporters, activists and volunteers in more than 150 countries campaigning
for human rights worldwide. Commemorating its 50th anniversary in 2011 , the organization
investigates and exposes abuses, educates and mobilizes the public. and works to ptotect
people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied.
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