MORE ON: maternal health

What would maternity care look like if doctors only intervened when it was medically necessary? For more than a year now, I’ve been trying to answer that question in terms of the physical health of the mother and child. But for a moment let’s forget about increasing maternal... + read more

Browse the low-risk C-section rates at 253 California hospitals. The highest rate is 47 out of 100 low-risk births at Los Angeles Community Hospital and the lowest rate is 7 at St. Helena Hospital Clearlake.  + read more

California Watch analysis of hospital C-section rates relied on state data. + read more

A massive new analysis of worldwide maternal mortality shows that deaths are down significantly around the globe – but in the United States, deaths are up to 17 per 100,000, compared to the last U.S. estimate of 12 per 100,000. This suggests that California’s most recently reported... + read more

As California Watch ramps up distribution of its work, we are experimenting with different ways to reach the California public. Our goal is to distribute our stories as widely as possible, in as many media formats as possible – in the hope that we will be able to spark a conversation on... + read more

California’s maternal mortality rate has increased significantly from 1996 through 2006, the most recent data available. + read more