Subscribe to Receive the Daily Report

Saturday, September 27th, 2014

Infant Mortality Rate Higher in United States Than in European Countries

Author:     TABITHA FARRAR
Source:     Liberty Voice
Publication Date:     September 26, 2014
 Link: Infant Mortality Rate Higher in United States Than in European Countries
Stephan:   The Illness Profit System is more inclusive now, thanks to Obamacare, but its social outcomes are still inferior, and we still pay twice or more what other countries pay for the same services.
Liberty Voice

Liberty Voice

The infant mortality rate is higher in the United States than it is in European countries according to a recent government report. This means that in America, more babies are dying before they reach the age of one year than in other parts of the world. The report was released on Sept. 24 and was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The report found that for every 1000 babies born in America, over six of them die. This is more than twice the infant mortality rate for Portugal, Japan, New Zealand, Korea, Israel, Australia and European countries. At the top of the report, Finland had a rate as low as just over two percent, closely followed by Japan. According to the CDC, approximately 24,000 infants died in the United States in the year 2011.

Marian MacDorman, lead author of the report, believes that it has been understood for some time that in the United States, there is a higher than average preterm birth rate, and that this can add to the […]

Read the Full Article