> I was interested in that article’s claim as a 8% rise in a year seems high.
It's all in the framing.
Between 2000 and 2017, the global maternal mortality rate fell by 38%. In low-income countries, the decline was more dramatic still, with a reduction of 46%.
They used the lagging gains that finally arrived in lower income countries to boost overall stats - and thereby avoided discussing trends in high income countries.
And lagging trends between poorer and richer countries is still a thing.
Having hit their possible peaks, poorer countries should continue to follow wealthy countries and plateau next.
If they follow (growing) western trends to unwind programs that bring healthcare to the poor, a reduction in healthy birthrates seems inevitable.
It's all in the framing.
Between 2000 and 2017, the global maternal mortality rate fell by 38%. In low-income countries, the decline was more dramatic still, with a reduction of 46%.
They used the lagging gains that finally arrived in lower income countries to boost overall stats - and thereby avoided discussing trends in high income countries.
And lagging trends between poorer and richer countries is still a thing.
Having hit their possible peaks, poorer countries should continue to follow wealthy countries and plateau next.
If they follow (growing) western trends to unwind programs that bring healthcare to the poor, a reduction in healthy birthrates seems inevitable.