I suppose it was a random example, but it's unfortunately a very bad one if it's about the USA, like most posts here presuppose. The infant mortality in the US

I suppose it was a random example, but it's unfortunately a very bad one if it's about the USA, like most posts here presuppose. The infant mortality in the USA certainly did not decline on every recent year[^1]. And the bad news is that this rate is extremely high for a rich country, with a value similar to Serbia, half more than the average rate in Europe[^2]. This last "news" was even reported under the title "Our infant mortality rate is a national embarrassment"[^3]. [^1]: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db09.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db09.pdf [^2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_and_under-five_mortality_rates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_an... [^3]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-infant-mortality-rate-is-a-national-embarrassment/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-i...