America's Maternal Mortality Crisis: Test your knowledge

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Physicians for a National Health Program (pnhp.org) has created this short quiz to help you test your knowledge of maternal health in America. Please choose one answer for each question. When you complete the quiz, click "SUBMIT, and then "VIEW SCORE" to see your results, along with an explanation of the correct responses.

The rate of pregnancy-related deaths (maternal mortality) in the U.S. has ____ in the past 30 years.

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Decreased by half

Stayed about the same

Doubled

Tripled

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What is the U.S. maternal mortality rate compared to the rate of other high-income nations?

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The U.S. maternal mortality rate is about 50% lower

The U.S. maternal mortality rate is about the same

The U.S. maternal mortality rate is about 20% higher

The U.S. maternal mortality rate is more than double

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Which of the following nations have lower rates of maternal mortality compared to the U.S.?

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Uruguay

Turkmenistan

Tajikistan

Kazakhstan

Estonia

Chile

Macedonia

All of these countries have lower rates of maternal mortality compared to the U.S.

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How does America's INFANT mortality rate compare to the average of other industrialized (OECD) nations?

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The U.S. infant mortality rate is 15% lower than other OECD nations.

The U.S. infant mortality rate about the same as other OECD nations.

The U.S. infant mortality rate is 28% higher than other OECD nations.

The U.S. infant mortality rate is 71% higher than other OECD nations.

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What share of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. are considered preventable?

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One quarter (25%)

One third (33%)

One half (50%)

Two thirds (66%)

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In the U.S., how does the Black maternal mortality rate compare to the white maternal mortality rate?

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Black and white maternal mortality rates are about the same.

The Black maternal mortality rate is 0.7 times higher than the white maternal mortality rate.

The Black maternal mortality rate is 1.3 times higher than the white maternal mortality rate.

The Black maternal mortality rate is 2.5 times higher than the white maternal mortality rate.

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Between 1993 and 2014, the rate of severe complications from pregnancy or childbirth (maternal morbidity) in the U.S. has _______.

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Decreased by 75%

Decreased by 25%

Stayed about the same

Increased by 100%

Increased by 200%

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When are those who are pregnant and uninsured most likely to start receiving prenatal care?

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The first trimester (conception to 12 weeks)

The second trimester (13 to 26 weeks)

The third trimester (26 weeks until the end of pregnancy)

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What percentage of rural counties in the U.S. do NOT currently have hospital obstetrics units?

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3% of rural counties do NOT have OB units

15% of rural counties do NOT have OB units

31% of rural counties do NOT have OB units

54% of rural counties do NOT have OB units

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Medicaid (state-based insurance coverage for people with low incomes) now covers nearly half of all childbirths in the U.S. Of those who give birth with Medicaid coverage, what percentage become uninsured again postpartum (within two to six months after birth)?

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12%

18%

22%

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What percentage of American women skipped medical care in the last year because of costs?

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15%

23%

31%

38%

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What percentage of pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended?

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21%

33%

45%

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The rate of unintended pregnancies in the U.S. is ____ compared to similar nations.

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substantially higher

substantially lower

about the same

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Among reproductive-age women who need contraceptive services to avoid pregnancy, what percentage are not using any form of contraception?

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17%

22%

30%

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Providing low- or no-cost contraceptive services to 1,000 women will prevent an estimated ___ unintended pregnancies.

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56 unintended pregnancies

92 unintended pregnancies

143 unintended pregnancies

288 unintended pregnancies

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