This is unbelievable. The maternal mortality rate for millennials in the US aged 25 to 34 is 230% higher than it was for Gen Xers and 300% higher than it was for baby boomers of the same age
Just a couple ideas: nutritional value in foods have declined over the years pollution (microplastics in human hearts) & keep researching.
Your healthcare system sucks. When my mom had me, she and I stayed at the hospital for nearly a week. When I had my daughter, it was 48 hours. Now, women and babies are sent home within a day. There's no chance to really monitor and there's no in home nurse follow up like other places.
There are too few mentions—despite a whole section in this report and many studies—that Black maternal mortality is a major factor in these numbers. "Black maternal mortality Is more than twice the national average.. disparities transcend socioeconomic factors such as education level and income"
I believe it.
It gets worse when you control for race.
In addition to the systemic issues leading to the increased maternal mortality rate, I wonder how Covid-induced hypercoagulability is playing into it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Remember though the US is not homogeneous. This is largely an effect from states that restricted abortion, including by attacking the safety net providers of mayernal health, and prioritizing attacking abortion over maternal health generally. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
To explore the relationship between abortion restrictions and maternal mortality in the United States.This was a retrospective study examining materna…
This is believable. How much higher have healthcare costs risen since then?
Boomers have worked hard to make sure that their kids have it worse in every possible way. Looks like their effort has paid off.