Washington, June 7 (ANI): Former supermodel Christy Turlington Burns, who has made her directorial debut with the documentary "No Woman, No Cry", has predicted that audiences are going to be shocked to discover the truth about post-natal care in the United States.

According to her website EveryMotherCounts.org, the United States has a Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) of 1 in 4,800. In comparison to other developed countries, Canada has a 1 in 11,000 chance of dying, Australia has 1 in 13,300 and it is 1 in 8,200 in the United Kingdom.

"There are a lot of surprising things in the films; I think most audiences, even internationally, are surprised about the statistics of the U.S. for maternal health," Fox News quoted her as saying.

When I"ve shown it in England or Africa, a lot of those countries imagine the U.S would be at the top because we spend so much more money on health care than any other country, so that"s quite shocking," she said.

"My aim was also to show people that this is a universal experience and hopefully you can put your feet into the shoes of another woman or a family and understand how critical access to health care is in the time of childbirth or pregnancy," she added. (ANI)

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