C the Problem - Part 1 of a Series Focused on Casting a Continuous Spotlight on the Maternal Mortality Rate in the U.S.

C the Problem - Part 1 of a Series Focused on Casting a Continuous Spotlight on the Maternal Mortality Rate in the U.S.

After decades of consistently declining numbers, the Maternal Mortality Rate (M.M.R.) reached an all-time low in the 1990's. But in 1997, the rate of maternal deaths began a rapid increase. What medical procedure shared a similar spike during these years of increase? Cesarean rates also shared a correlating path. In this episode of It Starts at Birth, Mark and Faith discuss the importance of looking at these rates side by side. 

 

The Common Wealth Fund - Maternal Mortality in the United States: A Primer

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-brief-report/2020/dec/maternal-mortality-united-states-primer

Med Scape - What are the possible morbidity and mortality associated with cesarean delivery (C-section)?

https://www.medscape.com/answers/263424-184954/what-are-the-possible-morbidity-and-mortality-associated-with-cesarean-delivery-c-section

CDC - Births and Method of Delivery

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/delivery.htm

Statista - Number of Cesarean section procedures in the United States from 1997 to 2018

https://www.statista.com/statistics/184079/us-hospital-stays-with-cesarean-section-procedures-since-1997/

CDC- Recent Trends in Cesarean Delivery in the United States

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db35.htm

USA Today - Which states have the worst maternal mortality?

https://www.usatoday.com/list/news/investigations/maternal-mortality-by-state/7b6a2a48-0b79-40c2-a44d-8111879a8336/?block=florida

ACOG - Safe Prevention of the Primary Cesarean Delivery

https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/obstetric-care-consensus/articles/2014/03/safe-prevention-of-the-primary-cesarean-delivery

ACOG - ACOG Statement on Maternal Mortality

https://www.acog.org/news/news-releases/2015/05/acog-statement-on-maternal-mortality