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Here are some infant mortality numbers from your link: 1947: Finland: 6.5% US: 4.3% 2013 (when the article was written): Finland: 0.3% US: 0.7

by lr 7y ago

Here are some infant mortality numbers from your link: 1947: Finland: 6.5% US: 4.3% 2013 (when the article was written): Finland: 0.3% US: 0.7% How can the tiny country of Finland be so much better at this than the US? It's because of what they talk about in the article, i.e., a government actually caring for its citizens (read, "welfare state").

rootusrootus 7y ago
Always take cross-nation comparisons of statistics like this with a grain of salt. It's rarely a guarantee that each country tabulates statistics using exactly the same parameters and methodology.
pkaye 7y ago
Not sure about Finland but some countries have different criteria for a viable baby. Basically if a baby is born too early or too low a weight they are not counted in the statistics. So you you need to also count for these differences.
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refurb 7y ago
See other thread that the Netherlands has one of the worst infant mortalities in Europe. It's not due to these gov't programs (or lack thereof), but rather the demographics of the population.