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The US healthcare system has lots of problems, but the quality of its infant care isn't really one of them. Infant mortality rates are calculated very different
by phd514 10y ago
The US healthcare system has lots of problems, but the quality of its infant care isn't really one of them. Infant mortality rates are calculated very differently in different countries which accounts for much of the US's "poor" rating. The biggest factor is that the US considers all births, regardless of how premature they are, towards its mortality rate and is aggressive in its treatment of pre-term births. Many other countries don't count early births or babies born with weights below a certain threshold towards their infant mortality rate.
- baby 10y agoAnother number then, look at rate of mortality in pregnant women. It's higher in the US as well. From http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT?view=map http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT?view=map * 0.014% of dying during a pregnancy in the US * 0.008% of dying during a pregnancy in France
- SamReidHughes 10y agoThose aren't the total chances of dying during a pregnancy, they're the chances of dying from pregnancy-related causes. You can take that 0.006% gap, and then add another 0.004% for 9 months of traffic fatalities. It'd be interesting to see the numbers after accounting for obesity.
- stannol 10y agoI'm pretty sure the people at the WHO are very aware of these facts. If you look at their numbers the US is still significantly worse off than almost all European nations.