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US maternal mortality soars amid widening racial disparities
In 2019, the number of deaths per 100,000 live US births was 20.1, while in 2018 it was 17.4.
In this this illustrative photo, a migrant shows her four-month pregnant belly in a shelter in Guadalajara, Mexico (AFP/FILE)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
The US maternal mortality rate -- already the worst in the industrialized world -- rose in 2020 to its highest level in half a century, with Black women three times