by jandrewrogers on 6/3/25, 8:23 PM
Even within the US, infant mortality rates vary by almost 3x across individual States.
by _DeadFred_ on 6/3/25, 8:46 PM
The article's item 3 would have to be backed up for me to take anything away from this. There have traditionally been very different methods for tracking this information, where countries drew lines, etc. When i did medical software (granted long ago) you could not compare data between the USA, France, or Japan in any useful way.
by rossant on 6/3/25, 9:22 PM
French doctors and the government have expressed concern over the rising mortality rate in recent years. Some worry that a contributing factor may be the relatively low rate of C-sections. Difficult labor is a major risk factor for neonatal death. It is also associated with intracranial hemorrhages at birth, which are common, but even more frequent and severe after complicated deliveries. These hemorrhages are often linked to wrongful diagnoses of shaken baby syndrome, which is commonly assumed whenever an infant presents with intracranial bleeding. France is likely among the countries with the highest rates of such misdiagnoses. Obvious to say the consequences for the child and their parents are severe.
by 867-5309 on 6/3/25, 9:10 PM
>the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan — include all live births
>A baby in the UK, France, or the US can be two to three times more likely to die than one in Japan or Finland
why do they reference the UK while none of the graphs feature the UK?
by rwhitman on 6/3/25, 9:18 PM
Japan, the Nordics, S. Korea and Central Europe, all countries with a demographic crisis. They need those babies.
by timewizard on 6/3/25, 8:14 PM
Isn't the more appropriate question is where in the world are babies AND mothers at the lowest risks during all 9 months of gestation and then childbirth?
by e40 on 6/3/25, 8:26 PM
Curious that Taiwan is not listed. I understand they have a good healthcare system.
by insane_dreamer on 6/3/25, 8:16 PM
It would be interesting to see infant mortality rate as a function of GDP per capita -- that would tell you which countries make best use of their wealth to ensure the health of their citizens' children.
(It's not hard to guess which country would come out looking even worse than it already does in this table.)
by amai on 6/4/25, 10:51 AM
tldr;
"Japan, Sweden, and Finland are at the very bottom. They’re consistently among the best, even when we adjust for reporting inconsistencies. The other Nordic countries — Denmark and Norway — also have very low mortality rates."
by homeless_engi on 6/3/25, 8:02 PM
Tl;dr: Japan
by jonfw on 6/3/25, 9:04 PM
I think that this study attributes a lot to policy that could be attributed to culture.
by fakedang on 6/3/25, 8:08 PM
What's the point of using OECD data anymore when countries like India, China, MENAPT and Indonesia are excluded? Any study that uses OECD data should be disqualified as a shit study outright.