More US babies die day they are born than any industrialized country, report shows [View all]

[Stuart G]

http://esciencenews.com/sources/msnbc.science/2013/04/30/more.us.babies.die.day.they.are.born.any.industrialized.country.report.shows

By Maggie Fox, Senior Writer, NBC News

The U.S. is a worse place for newborns than 68 other countries, including Egypt, Turkey and Peru, according to a report released Tuesday by Save the Children.

A million babies die every year globally on the same day they were born, including more than 11,000 American newborns, the report estimates. Most of them could be saved with fairly cheap interventions, the group says.

“The birth of a child should be a time of wonder and celebration. But for millions of mothers and babies in developing countries, it is a dance with death,” the report reads. “A baby’s first day is the most dangerous day of life—in the United States and countries rich and poor,” it adds.


“The United States has the highest first-day death rate in the industrialized world. An estimated 11,300 newborn babies die each year in the United States on the day they are born. This is 50 percent more first-day deaths than all other industrialized countries combined.”
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This was actually published on Tuesday December 30.
It is very very sad. This was buried last week, but is out there today ... But needs to be discussed anyway. I don't know what to say..