Health Care for Women: How the U.S. Compares Internationally-

Commonwealth Fund August 15, 2024
Munira Z. Gunja, Relebohile Masitha, Laurie C. Zephyrin

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U.S. women’s life expectancy and access to affordable health care trail far behind other countries in our analysis, with significant racial and ethnic disparities among Black and Hispanic women in some measures

U.S. women have the highest rate of avoidable deaths among 14 countries — more than triple the rate in Japan and Korea

Recently released federal data once again show the United States with by far the highest rate of maternal deaths of any high-income nation, despite a decline since the COVID-19 pandemic.¹ Racial disparities are also extreme: Black women in the U.S. are nearly three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women are. But maternal deaths and complications may be an indicator of...

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