Maternal mortality rises in UK and US
The number of people dying in pregnancy or shortly after giving birth in the UK has risen sharply, with maternal health inequality widening further. Women living in the most deprived areas were more than twice as likely to die as those in the most affluent parts of the UK, the report found, a disparity that has significantly increased. The latest report from an Oxford University research unit has found that 229 women died during pregnancy, or in the first six weeks after, from pregnancy-specific causes, in 2018-20. This was a 24% increase on 2017-19. Maternal deaths have been increasing in the...