When we were getting ready for our first child, looking for a hospital, I went deep diving on infant mortality rates in the US in general, and specifically in o

When we were getting ready for our first child, looking for a hospital, I went deep diving on infant mortality rates in the US in general, and specifically in our area's hospitals. At least in my area of the country, the higher infant mortality (outside birth defects) rates are almost entirely driven by a tiny percentage of the overall population - extremely young mothers with substance abuse problems. The biggest portion of the effect is not a result of medical care differences. According to the CDC, "Asians" in the US have almost a quarter the infant mortality rate of "Blacks". https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_09.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_09.pdf -- The article mentions that the US infant death rate is 5.9, and the Cuban infant death rate is 4.0. However, according to the CDC report, Cuban ancestry, living in the US, has an infant death rate of 3.0!