Document Type
Article
Abstract
While the global maternal mortality ratio has decreased, the U.S. maternal mortality ratio has increased over recent decades. The U.S. has the worst maternal mortality ratio among developed countries. This paper examines potential explanations for the increase in the U.S. maternal mortality ratio, including problems in how the data are reported, medical intervention, and poverty. Potential remedies for issues are discussed. I conclude that even though all three factors have likely contributed to the rise in the maternal mortality ratio, the total effect of the factors is not clearly known and most likely does not fully explain the rise in the maternal mortality ratio.
Publication Date
Spring 2019
Journal Title
Major Themes in Economics
Volume
21
Issue
1
First Page
29
Last Page
50
Copyright
©2019 by Major Themes in Economics
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Shipley, Christine
(2019)
"Maternal Mortality in the U.S.,"
Major Themes in Economics, 21, 29-50.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mtie/vol21/iss1/5