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Re:I had a health crisis in France by phd514 on Sunday November 20, 2016 @08:34AM (#12998745)
The US healthcare system has lots of problems, but the quality of its infant care isn't really one of them. Infant mortality rates are calculated very differently in different countries which accounts for much of the US's "poor" rating. The biggest factor is that the US considers all births, regardless of how premature they are, towards its mortality rate and is aggressive in its treatment of pre-term births. Many other countries don't count early births or babies born with weights below a certain threshold towards their infant mortality rate.
Re:I had a health crisis in France by baby on Sunday November 20, 2016 @12:26PM (#12999919)
Another number then, look at rate of mortality in pregnant women. It's higher in the US as well.

From http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT?view=map

* 0.014% of dying during a pregnancy in the US

* 0.008% of dying during a pregnancy in France

Re:I had a health crisis in France by SamReidHughes on Sunday November 20, 2016 @01:53PM (#13000415)
Those aren't the total chances of dying during a pregnancy, they're the chances of dying from pregnancy-related causes. You can take that 0.006% gap, and then add another 0.004% for 9 months of traffic fatalities.

It'd be interesting to see the numbers after accounting for obesity.

Re:I had a health crisis in France by stannol on Sunday November 20, 2016 @01:28PM (#13000264)
I'm pretty sure the people at the WHO are very aware of these facts. If you look at their numbers the US is still significantly worse off than almost all European nations.