The rise in reported maternal mortality rates in the US is largely due to a change in measurement

Maternal mortality rates appear to have risen in the last 20 years in the US. But this reflects a change in measurement rather than an actual rise in mortality.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/rise-us-maternal-mortality-rates-measurement" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/maternal-mortality-checkbox-thumbnail.png"/></a>