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Re: Maternal Mortality Rate In U.S. Highest In Decades, Experts Say From: Ina May Gaskin (inamaygaskin@gmail.com) Wed Sep 5 19:24:44 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: Maternal Mortality Rate In U.S. Highest In Decades [long]" Previous message: Raymond Stephen: "Re: Maternal Mortality Rate In U.S. Highest In Decades [long]" In reply to: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: Maternal Mortality Rate In U.S. Highest In Decades, Experts Say" Next in thread: rmodugno@aol.com: "Re: Maternal Mortality Rate In U.S. Highest In Decades, Experts Say" Dan's right about this. And we shouldn't forget that the CDC told medical professionals in 1998 that maternal death reporting in the US is "grossly underreported." This was well-reported in the obstetrical trade mags in 1999-2000, but not a word of this was picked up by the public media. A recent article by CDC officials tried to suggest that the rising rate is because reporting has improved in 5 states, but I'm pretty skeptical about this. We still have only 21 states that even have a checkbox for pregnancy on a death certificate. Ina May http://www.rememberthemothers.net On Sep 4, 2007, at 1:09 PM, R. Daniel Braun wrote: > yes but they tend to be more common in wealthy black patients than > they are in poor white patients. With the exception of Obesity. > > Dan > > On 9/4/07, Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C. > <johnprov@sympatico.ca> wrote: > At Tue, 4 Sep 2007, R. Daniel Braun wrote: > > > >Even when you factor in Socio-economic factors, presence or lack > of PNCare, > >etc, The rates are still higher in Black women than in caucasian. > There does > >seem to be a diference in something else between the two. > > > >Dan > > > > Socio-economic is very difficult to separate out, poverty in North > America is not what people think: Obesity, gestional diabetes and > hypertension are all much more common in my low income patients. > > -- > Take care, John > > -- > R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) CMT > Professor Emeritus > Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology > Indiana U. School of Medicine > > R. Daniel Braun > > "Science without Religion is LAME; Religion without Science > is BLIND" > Einstein 1941 Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: Maternal Mortality Rate In U.S. Highest In Decades [long]" Previous message: Raymond Stephen: "Re: Maternal Mortality Rate In U.S. Highest In Decades [long]" In reply to: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: Maternal Mortality Rate In U.S. Highest In Decades, Experts Say" Next in thread: rmodugno@aol.com: "Re: Maternal Mortality Rate In U.S. Highest In Decades, Experts Say"

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