The third leading cause of death in the US is from preventable medical mistakes.
Hospitals that adopt a simple system to double check doctor's work has on average cut preventable deaths in a hospital by 30%
US has one of the highest rates of birth related complications and death of industrialized nations and greater than 40 other countries. One of the many reasons is the continued widespread practice of having a woman lie on her back to give birth and limited access to affordable prenatal care leaving 1 in four women unable to afford proper prenatal care.
1.7 million women a year and one-third of all pregnant women in the country suffer from pregnancy-related complications. Pregnancy and delivery related near death cases have risen 25 percent in the US since 1998.
A common hospital practice is that many women are not given a say in decisions about their care and the risks of interventions such as cesarean sections and inducing labor . Cesarean sections make up nearly 1/3 of all births in the US A which is twice as high as recommended by the World Health Organization.
The southeast has the leading early death rates in the US, largely due to heart disease and complications from Diabeties.