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It seems more likely to me that the infant mortality stat is a function of prenatal care along with hospitals being prepared for birth emergencies. I have a great nephew who was born in Denmark with a somewhat rare condition that can deprive the infant of oxygen in the first critical moments. Hospitals there are prepared for that condition, most of the ones here are not. A healthy and active young boy most likely would have been a statistic had his parents been living in the US at the time he was born.

Oh, yes, if only they would stress themselves out grubbing for the almighty dollar, like we do here in America, then they would have shorter lives as well. If only they would worry themselves sick wondering how they might pay for a medical emergency, they could be just like us Americans!

I'm not sure what the cause is. The US has a higher percentage of prisoners per capita than any other nation. The reasons for that startling and uncomfortable fact could be a thread all by itself.

I'm not sure just what that last paragraph means.

<blockquote data-quote="PLC1" data-source="post: 114904" data-attributes="member: 301">It seems more likely to me that the infant mortality stat is a function of prenatal care along with hospitals being prepared for birth emergencies.&nbsp; I have a great nephew who was born in Denmark with a somewhat rare condition that can deprive the infant of oxygen in the first critical moments.&nbsp; Hospitals there are prepared for that condition, most of the ones here are not.&nbsp; A healthy and active young boy most likely would have been a statistic had his parents been living in the US at the time he was born.Oh, yes, if only they would stress themselves out grubbing for the almighty dollar, like we do here in America, then they would have shorter lives as well.&nbsp; If only they would worry themselves sick wondering how they might pay for a medical emergency, they could be just like us Americans!I&#039;m not sure what the cause is.&nbsp; The US has a higher percentage of prisoners per capita than any other nation.&nbsp; The reasons for that startling and uncomfortable fact could be a thread all by itself.I&#039;m not sure just what that last paragraph means.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="PLC1, post: 114904, member: 301"] It seems more likely to me that the infant mortality stat is a function of prenatal care along with hospitals being prepared for birth emergencies. I have a great nephew who was born in Denmark with a somewhat rare condition that can deprive the infant of oxygen in the first critical moments. Hospitals there are prepared for that condition, most of the ones here are not. A healthy and active young boy most likely would have been a statistic had his parents been living in the US at the time he was born. Oh, yes, if only they would stress themselves out grubbing for the almighty dollar, like we do here in America, then they would have shorter lives as well. If only they would worry themselves sick wondering how they might pay for a medical emergency, they could be just like us Americans! I'm not sure what the cause is. The US has a higher percentage of prisoners per capita than any other nation. The reasons for that startling and uncomfortable fact could be a thread all by itself. I'm not sure just what that last paragraph means.:confused: [/QUOTE]

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