pancake@lemmygrad.ml to China@lemmygrad.ml · 4 months agoChina overtakes US in MMRourworldindata.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkChina overtakes US in MMRourworldindata.orgpancake@lemmygrad.ml to China@lemmygrad.ml · 4 months agomessage-square2linkfedilinkfile-text
Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is usually considered the best indicator of healthcare quality in a country.
minus-squarecfgaussian@lemmygrad.mlMlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-24 months ago“Overtakes” is not an ideal word to use here. That implies their MMR was lower than the US’s and is now higher, but it’s the other way around. I would say China “falls below” the US in MMR, because low MMR is good.
“Overtakes” is not an ideal word to use here. That implies their MMR was lower than the US’s and is now higher, but it’s the other way around. I would say China “falls below” the US in MMR, because low MMR is good.