Annotation of axis needs to be (re)edited - doesn't make sense currently: 5, 10, 25, 30, 25...? Shouold it not be: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25?
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This poorly designed graphic does the story a disservice. Fix it, please.
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this is corrected in the piece. I accidentally grabbed a older file of the graphic for the tweet. My bad. Trend is still the same.
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And some states like CA are doing much better than US as a whole.http://californiahealthline.org/morning-breakout/calif-infant-mortality-rate-reaches-record-low-report-finds/#.UtgLX0rT2o0.twitter …
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Moral: This problem is fixable. We know how to do it, because others are already doing it.
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That really needs to be broken out by racial component. Making global comparisons like that is very intellectually dishonest.
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Basing anything on race is intellectually dishonest
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Yeah, because as we all know we can use Sweden’s demographics as a proxy for those in the United States…
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you saying people with darker pigmentation are more likely to die during childbirth?
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I made no such inference.
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You implied it would be different. Otherwise there's no point slicing the data on "race".
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It is different actually. The morality rates for black women and their children are higher.
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The *mortality rates may be higher, but that's not a result of their skin pigmentation
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The trend in maternal mortality rates in Texas is frightening. It is also correlated to state health care spending.
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Send your concerns to the Texas legislature! They made TX the most dangerous place in the developed world to have a baby!
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The women I know are well aware of this. America seems to have forgotten childbirth has always been dangerous and requires good care.
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The U.S is grossly fiscally inefficient with healthcare,cutting the budget won't help.pic.twitter.com/UligC6KrWR
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Could any of the US rate be due to obesity?
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