| ▲ | smallmancontrov 3 hours ago | |
> they simply don't count too premature (under 22 weeks or 500 grams, iirc) and therefore don't consider them in the metrics Nope, that's not the reason. > The U.S. infant mortality rate was still higher than for most Europeancountries when births at less than 22 weeks of gestation were excluded. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db23.pdf Statistical hustling is common, but the most usual form is that the US excludes uninsured individuals to make itself look like it belongs in the developed country cluster. | ||
| ▲ | tptacek an hour ago | parent [-] | |
No, the uninsured are included in both infant mortality and, even more obviously, death statistics. | ||