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In reply to the discussion: So where will the extra $16 trillion come from to pay for Sanders' plan? [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)Because the USA uses a much broader definition of live birth than most European nation, and therefore records more infant deaths. Many circumstances in the USA that count as an infant death, such as a child born with bad birth defects not expected to live, count as a live birth if the child has a heartbeat and takes one breath. In the U.K. and most other European countries they use a different standard that doesnt record that as a live birth.
As a result not only are infant mortality rates skewed and you cant reliably compare them but it also impacts statistics for life expectancies because those deaths count to shorted stats in the US while they dont impact other countries.
Is hard to find stats that compare countries actually using the same criteria to form the numbers.