If Texas were a country, where would it rank for infant mortality?

Department of State Health Services chart the infant mortality rate in Texas and the United States. Department of State Health Services chart the infant mortality rate in Texas and the United States. Photo: Department Of State Health Services Photo: Department Of State Health Services Image 1 of / 20 Caption Close If Texas were a country, where would it rank for infant mortality? 1 / 20 Back to Gallery

Last week, a new study found that Texas' rate of pregnancy-related deaths nearly doubled between 2000-2014.

While the study gives no clear answer as to why, speculation points to the 82 clinics that closed after the Texas Legislature cut funding to family planning clinics by two-thirds.

Data suggests that the trend may be occurring for the infant mortality rate too, but more slowly.

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According to the Department of State Health Services, while Texas remains below the national average for infant deaths per 1,000 births, it finds that "there is evidence that the rate is increasing."

Between 2011-2014, the Texas infant mortality rate increased by roughly 2 percent each year. Even more worrying is the infant mortality among back infants, which show a rate two times higher than that of white and Hispanic babies.

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Similarly, a study in 2015 found that as more clinics began to shut down, the amount of Texas women who self-induced abortions also increased.

"We are getting a sense of the very real impact these restrictions have on women, and it's deeply disturbing," the president of Planned Parenthood said in a news release last year. "This important new research paints an alarming picture of what the future may be like for women across the country."

Click through above to see how Texas regions stack up against countries around the world for infant mortality rate.