Best Place to be a Mom in the world

Finland, Norway Sweden

The US used to be #6 - she is now #31.

Thanks ReTHUGs

http://www.savethechildren.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=8rKLIXMGIpI4E&b=8943305&ct=13930525&notoc=1
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The United States, which 15 years ago ranked in the top five, has fallen to number 31 out of 178 countries.

Since 2000, the risk that a 15-year-old girl will die during her lifetime from a maternal cause has increased by 50 percent in America, from one in 3,700 to one in 2,400. Other developed countries, including Spain, New Zealand and Denmark, have also seen an increase in lifetime risk of maternal death. According to recent studies in the U.S., contributing factors may include an increase in the number of high-risk pregnancies in mothers with obesity, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, as well as an increase in older mothers and the use of fertility drugs, which can result in more complicated multiple births.

Countries faring the worst were those affected by humanitarian crises – this year and throughout the report’s history. Worldwide, more than half of all maternal and child deaths occur in areas made more fragile by conflict and disasters.

The Report
http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.8585863/k.9F31/State_of_the_Worlds_Mothers.htm?msource=weolpstw0514