"the infant mortality rate in Cuba is only 4.0 deaths per 1,000 live births. In the United States, it’s 5.9. In other words, an American infant is, by official

"the infant mortality rate in Cuba is only 4.0 deaths per 1,000 live births. In the United States, it’s 5.9. In other words, an American infant is, by official statistics, almost 50 percent more likely to die than a Cuban infant." Is that right? Or is it 0.19% more likely to die in the USA. This is why I never win on the horses. So perhaps the answer is that they are both pretty safe? I would think more elective caesarians and traffic accidents could account for much of the differences but it must be getting pretty close to the margin of error?