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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, and I know that the causes of that are increasing maternal age, more women with serious illnesses and health conditions having children, and racism and health inequities. The rate in the UK is likely lower due to a more homogenous population who all have access to universal health care. You can’t compare an apple and an orange! [/quote]

And yet average maternal age in the UK is virtually identical (29/30). Huh.

I’m not going to further derail OPs thread, I just urge caution before saying another country has reckless and unsafe practices when their maternal outcomes are better than they are here. [/quote]

Reckless and unsafe are your words, not mine. And there are a lot of maternal outcomes that matter. The UK has universal health care. The US does not. The UK has a much whiter population than the US. The US has more women of color, who are known to be at greater risk of mortality and who have to face racism which impacts their health before they arrive in the delivery room and it impacts the care they get. [/quote]

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