U.S. maternal mortality rate higher than in 1990, according to UN

Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 04:30 in Health & Medicine

Women are twice as likely to die from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth in the United States than in Canada, a new global survey of maternal mortality published by the United Nations and the World Bank showed on Thursday.

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