Study Shows Texas Maternal Death Rate Numbers Were Inflated

AUSTIN (CNN) – The maternal mortality rate in Texas made headlines in 2016 when a study claimed that pregnancy-related deaths had more than doubled across the state in just two years. But a newer study — published in the same medical journal — tamps down the alarm, offering different data that reduces the number of deaths by nearly two-thirds.
Researchers with the Texas Department of State Health Services set out to evaluate the original findings which were published