So, on the one hand it's very true that rising maternal mortality is a bit overplayed in the media - people should check the CDC website
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I mean, it's right there... https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/pmss.html …pic.twitter.com/N3hNEj8GHH
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On the other hand, I suspect that your conclusion - rising maternal age - is only a partial explanation
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If this were true, MMR would be rising the world over - in fact, the US is behind many other countries in terms of maternal age
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Go to article one. It is underreported most everywhere else. Practically in the intro of the Gates Report. http://thefederalist.com/2017/07/11/no-america-doesnt-highest-maternal-mortality-developed-world/ …
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Most journos just pulled the graphs and the sensational quotes. Didn't read the report. Or the US one. Or CDC guidelines. Or foreign reports
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Replying to @LeslieLoftisTX @nytimes
As I said, the reporting is bad. The rates are clearly not as alarming as sensationalist articles would have you believe
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Doesn't mean there isn't a problem at all!
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And that problem is very unlikely to be purely related to maternal age, it's probably a complex association with a range of isseus
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I'll concede "purely" but defend "primarily."
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But the issues you raise - for example hypertension - are as much (if not more) related to rising obesity as age
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