Maternal deaths have halved in the last 35 years

https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/maternal-deaths-have-halved-in-the-last-35-years

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snooggums@midwest.social · 41 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Republicans took this personally.

cerement@slrpnk.net · 42 pts · 2y (4 replies)

they really did, when you click on “Explore the data by country” and choose United States …

IndiBrony@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Reminds me of Dianne's line from Bojack Horseman: "I can't believe this country hates women more than it loves guns"

In an episode where there's a huge uptick in women carrying firearms, instead of helping to make society a better place for women, they just decide to ban guns instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eG0y_nb5IA

z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 2y

God I love that episode and that line. It's so sad how that observation somehow became even more relevant today than it was back when that episode released.

Thank you.

cerement@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 2y

not too far off from the real world – modern gun control laws started with Ronald Reagan in California trying to keep guns out of the hands of blacks

vividspecter@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y

That doesn't account for population increases, but that still looks like per-capita increase nevertheless, which is embarrassing in a developed country. Especially if you compare that with other similarly developed countries with comparable populations, which mostly have a line declining to double digit totals.

EDIT: Here's data looking at the maternal mortality rate, over the same period, with a few comparable countries.

JayObey711@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

Serj Tankian infomercial voice: "The global number of maternal deaths in the hospital system, hospital system has halved since 1985"

tsonfeir@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Get ready for it to go back up!

ceasarlegsvin@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Buy the dip

natarey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

This is the kind of fucked up joke I'm here for.