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Maternal mortality rates in the United States

First Timers

Yuping Tseng Von Rag Suruchi Khamesra Anita Kir

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Hypothesis

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation 2018 report, 60% of maternal deaths are preventable. Low income or limited finances for health insurance are significant barriers which affect timely access to maternal health services. Insurance provides access to good quality health facilities which in turn improve the mortality rates.

Proposed Hypothesis: Women who have health insurance coverage have lower mortality rates than the ones uninsured.

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Processes

2.Dealing with Miss Data

1.Downloading the Data and Overviewing Data

(Uninsured = Total - Employer - Non-Group - Medicaid - Other Public)

3.Merging the data and Modeling

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Visualization

x: rate of health insurance

y: maternal mortality

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In 2016, when the rate of health insurance for women increased, there is no significant trend how maternal mortality changed.

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y = 15.24x + 25.16

R2 = 0.007

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Conclusion

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  1. With R squared equal to 0.007 in our linear regression model, which is too small that we can say that the health insurance coverage and maternal mortality is almost in zero correlation.
  2. There is no significant evidence that women in the U.S. who have health insurance coverage have lower mortality rates than the ones uninsured.
  3. Limitations of proposed analysis: Lack of availability of good insurance data on maternal coverage and for various other components like copay, waiting period, provider incentives and after care.

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References & Project Link

1. Americas Health Rankings https://www.americashealthrankings.org/api/v1/render/charts/state-rank-table/report/2016-health-of-women-and-children-report/measure/1905/state/ALL/size/1200x600.jpg

2. Health Insurance Coverage of Women 19-64 | The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/nonelderly-adult-women/

3. GHO | By category | Maternal mortality - Data by WHO region http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.main.1370

4. Jupyter Notebook Project Link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hqcMiidI9dKMelOvRswu7bloDjf8h1SQ/view?usp=sharing

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