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Chart: The alarming rise in maternal mortality in the US (comments by Emily Oster)

March 8, 2019 WUWF

Emily Oster

Professor of Economics Emily Oster says no one is exactly sure why European countries do so much better than the US when it comes to infant mortality--but access to healthcare and mandatory maternity leave may play a role.

Chart: The alarming rise in maternal mortality in the US -- WUWF