"The inability, or unwillingness, of states and the federal government to track maternal deaths has been called 'an international embarrassment'...They died from cardiomyopathy and other heart problems, massive hemorrhage, blood clots, infections and pregnancy-induced hypertension (preeclampsia) as well as rarer causes. The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world, and 60 percent are preventable."
