Over the past century, the overall trend shows technological and other medical advances have made huge strides in keeping mothers alive to raise their babies, beginning in the 1930s. Here are the statistics from the Centers for Disease Control showing the rate of mothers who died for every 100,000 births in the U.S.:
1915 |
607.9 |
|---|---|
1925 |
647.1 |
1935 |
582.1 |
1945 |
207.2 |
1955 |
47.0 |
1965 |
7.8 |
1975 |
12.8 |
1985 |
7.8 |
1995 |
7.1 |
2004 |
13.0 |
2007 |
17.0 |