A local hospital would like additional funding from the city government for prenatal health care. What data point would most effectively support this request?

A rising maternal mortality rate would most strongly show a need for additional prenatal health care funding. Choice D reports an increase from 17.4 in 2018 to 23.8 in 2020, indicating outcomes worsened. The other choices show no change or a decline.

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