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That's not an general option that will have good societal outcomes, if you apply the categorical imperative. The US would rocket ahead from its current lead in
by jamesblonde 9y ago
That's not an general option that will have good societal outcomes, if you apply the categorical imperative. The US would rocket ahead from its current lead in infant mortality.
- Retric 9y agoTo be clear, the US has obscene levels of infant mortality overall. But many states are significantly worse than the national average. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-infant-mortality-rate-is-a-national-embarrassment/?utm_term=.7fceb83db755 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-i...
- jamesblonde 9y agoInteresting that the Czech republic are in 5th place. They definitely don't spend $32k per birth.
- jamesblonde 9y agoNearly 1% of children born in Mississippi die in the first year. Insane!
- igravious 9y agoShocking. “ Digging deeper into these numbers, Oster and her colleagues found that the higher U.S. mortality rates are due "entirely, or almost entirely, to high mortality among less advantaged groups." To put it bluntly, babies born to poor moms in the U.S. are significantly more likely to die in their first year than babies born to wealthier moms. ”