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uppityperson

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Tue Mar-01-11 07:31 PM
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66. Women do die from pregnancy. Pregnancy can also set them up for serious health problems later

hypertension, diabetes, varicose veins leading to blood clots leading to heart attacks and strokes.

From your wiki link
"In the United States, the maternal death rate was 11 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2005"

http://mchb.hrsa.gov/whusa_05/pages/0425lb.htm
4 million plus 2003
http://mchb.hrsa.gov/whusa08/hstat/mh/pages/233lb.html
4.3 million 2006

Means around 5000 women died in the USA in 2005

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