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Originally Posted by Ethersync
Yes the US has a very high infant mortality rate. We rank around 29th in the world with 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births. Worse than Czech and Slovenia, but not worse than Slovakia and most other ex-Soviet states. Slightly worse than Cuba.
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If our idea of success is being better than Slovakia, we're in trouble. It's the United States, supposed superpower, wealthiest nation on the planet. Should we really be happy to be barely beating Slovakia?
I don't know if this has anything to do with universal health care. All I know is that it is embarrasing for our country to be that poor. We should investigate why and find ways to fix it.
I have heard that we have poor numbers primarily because many other countries have abortions at higher rates, especially with at-risk pregnancies.