08/26/2026
5 versus 22.
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Sweden, then the United States. Same UN model, same year, so this is a fair comparison and not a trick of the accounting.
Sweden delivers with far fewer cesareans than we do, and Swedish mothers are not less safe for it. Low intervention and high safety are not opposites. They get built together: skilled midwives, a physician on the team, and the equipment and judgment to move fast when something changes.
Birthezy. Licensed. Freestanding. Midwife led, physician backed.
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Source: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group, 2020 estimates.