American women’s health “is in a perilous place,” study finds

Women in the US are dying from preventable causes and there are “stark racial differences” and great regional differences in maternal mortality and in deaths from breast and cervical cancers, says a report from the non-profit health foundation the Commonwealth Fund.1The report is the fund’s first study of health among reproductive age women (15-44) in the US. States in the north east reported the best health rates, and those in the south east had the worst. The report uses data from 2021 and 2022.The study looked at all cause mortality, maternal and infant mortality, preterm birth rates, syphilis among women of reproductive age, infants born with congenital syphilis, women’s self-reported health status, postpartum depression, deaths from breast and cervical cancer, poor mental health, and intimate partner violence.David Radley, a co-author, told The BMJ, “The matter is front and centre in the US now, with big policy shifts in the past…
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