The nations with socialist medical systems control everything. Including the books. And the government controls the laws.
Which means they're free to enron the entire deal and make it all look really good.
The complicit media goes right along with them, and sadly, even Fox falls for it.
'Doctors told me it was against the rules to save my premature baby'
Note to parents, prospective and otherwise: Seniors aren't the only folks who need to worry
You are absolutely correct. There is no consistency on how this statistic is measured, and nations that do not routinely use, or have available, state of the art neonatal intensive care units report these as essentially non-viable births rather than infant mortality. This is the kind of thing the media is supposed to educate the populace on. But they don't, either because of their bias, their ignorance, or likely a combination of both.
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“we have one of the lowest life expectancies among developed nations”
That has far more to do with genetics, homogeneous
societies, and life style, then with the quality or availability of health care.
Many of the oldest people in the world have come from areas that have little or no health care.
The difference is this:
When a crack whore has an addicted, premature baby, the US hospital will take heroic measures to save the child. If the baby still dies, it counts towards “US Infant Mortality.”
The same baby, elsewhere, would be listed as “born dead” and not counted.
By golly, you're right about that! I can't believe I never ever thought about that when it comes to debating this issue with my very few pro govt. healthcare pals! Wow. Now I feel more stupid than usual for missing the obvious! It'll be an excellent seed of doubt to use.
Foreign countries count babies DOA in manners we in America find repugnant. Recently a premature baby was born in Britian - 2 days under the mandatory 22 months before lifesaving treatment is allowed. The baby was given to the mother and allowed to die. In British infant mortality statistics; this baby was DOA.
Whereas in America any baby born with a hearbeat and/or breathing is counted as a live birth; in foreign countries, including Canada, the baby must pass a number of steps before it is counted as a “live birth” instead of DOA (dead on arrival).