[ks1723]

In the same direction: https://ourworldindata.org/rise-us-maternal-mortality-rates-...

[ZeroGravitas]

World in Data's stats from before this 2003 statistical change happened:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-maternal-deaths...

[AnthonyMouse]

Note that this data is the absolute number of deaths, not accounting for population size. This is what it looks like when you add "Europe":

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-maternal-deaths...

[ZeroGravitas]

Good spot, same period by deaths per 100,000 births:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/maternal-mortality?tab=ch...

[oblio]

That's still apples and oranges because that's based on the WHO European Region which includes all these countries:

https://who-sandbox.squiz.cloud/en/countries

Uzbekistan - GDP per capita $2,667

Tajikistan - GDP per capita $1,271

Kyrgyzstan - GDP per capita $1,922

Ukraine - GDP per capita $5,663

Meanwhile:

US - GDP per capita $85,373 (LOL)

To compare apples to apples you'd want:

US vs EU

to make it somewhat comparable, or maybe even better:

US (334m) vs Germany (83m) + France (67m) + UK (67m) + Italy (59m) + Spain (48m) = 324m people

[AnthonyMouse]

So you want to use only the richest and most sophisticated EU countries but then compare them against a federation of US states that includes the likes of Mississippi and West Virginia?

[oblio]

LOL, of course.

If you don't believe me, compare the GDPs per capita of "the richest and most sophisticated EU countries" versus Mississippi and West Virginia.

Hint: the "sophisticated" EU countries are poorer.

Comparing ANY US state (average: $85,373) with Tajikistan ($1,271) would be a travesty.

[AnthonyMouse]

Mississippi: ~$39,000

GDP per capita, PPP[0]:

  Turkey: $41,881
  Spain: $50,472
  Slovenia: $51,407
  UK: $56,836
  Germany: $66,038 
  Denmark: $74,958 
  Norway: $82,264
  Ireland: $137,638
  Luxembourg: $143,304

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Eu...

The difference between New York (the highest US state by per capita GDP, ~$91,000) and Ireland is larger than the difference between Mississippi and a per-capita GDP of literally zero.