(AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File)Pregnancy-related deaths are still higher in New Jersey. What is the state doing to change that?
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New Jersey is ranked 47th in the nation for maternal deaths. First lady Tammy Murphy has made it her mission to improve that statistic.

New Jersey's maternal mortality rate is nearly double the national average.