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national center for health statistics
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How the false narrative of skyrocketing maternal mortality gained traction
Numerous headlines declared that maternal mortality has been on the rise, but it wasn’t true. Here’s how flawed research misled…
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U.S. life expectancy increases slightly, report says
There was some good news in January’s National Center for Health Statistics data brief: People in the U.S. are living…
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Why reporters should check the data in a ‘brief’
A recent data brief from the National Center for Health Statistics reported a 23 percent increase in the age-adjusted hypertension-related…