in oman's case over twice the global average. these countries could learn some lessons from sweden, which had just a quarter of the global average for road injury deaths. half of all suicides in the world took place in india or china. but since 1990, suicides have risen in india while they have gone down in china. in the u.s. maternal mortality rates have been on the rise and are much higher than in other developed countries. the study author reportedly said that less access to health care might be a reason. so what should we do with this data? well, by making comparisons to places that do better, countries, states, and cities can adopt best practices. already dr. murray's institute says public health officials are being influenced by the data or other information like it to try to save lives. the institute offers two real world examples. rwanda's minister of public health found that the biggest risk factor for premature death and disability in 2010 was not hiv or malaria.
what's interesting about their latest report on 2013 is that there were huge variations among different countries when you look at causes of death. for example, three persian gulf states, the uae, saudi arabia, and oman, had very high injury road injury get death rates. these countries could learn some lessons from sweden, which had just a quarter of the global average for road injury deaths. half of all suicides in the world took place in india or china. but since 1990, suicides have risen in india while they have gone down in china. in the u.s., maternal mortality rates have been on the rise and are much higher than in other developed countries. the study author reportedly said that less access to health care might be a reason. so what should we do with this data? well, by making comparisons to places that do better, countries, states, and cities can adopt best practices.