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Child mortality in US is about 2 times higher than OECD average (jamanetwork.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For infants (<1 year old)

Between 2007 to 2022, infants were 1.78 (95% CI, 1.78-1.79) times more likely to die in the US than in the OECD18.

The 2 causes of death with the largest net difference between the US and OECD18 were prematurity (RR, 2.22 [95% CI, 2.20-2.24]) and sudden unexpected infant death (RR, 2.39 [95% CI, 2.35-2.43]).

For kids aged 1 to 19 years old

Between 2007 to 2022, 1- to 19-year olds were 1.80 (95% CI, 1.80-1.80) times more likely to die in the US than in the OECD18.

The 2 causes of death with the largest net difference between the US and OECD18 were firearm-related incidents (RR, 15.34 [95% CI, 14.89-15.80]) and motor vehicle crashes (RR, 2.45 [95% CI, 2.42-2.48]).

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Lack of access to healthcare / nutrition

If you broke these stats out by racial group I am sure the numbers would be shocking. There's probably parts of the south where black infant mortality rivals Syria or something

Edit:

Low birth weight is the biggest driver and suggests nutrition, maternal complications tie to lack of healthcare, congenital malformations suggest environmental racism is also a factor at play here

Edit2: looking around a bit I wasn't too far off, the worst published counties in Alabama and Mississippi are at 15-16 which is just a hair shy of Syria's 16.5

And those are the published stats, I am sure the worst counties don't publish bc they don't even have the infrastructure for collecting

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Links for those two articles:

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/infant-health-and-mortality-and-blackafrican-americans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_and_under-five_mortality_rates

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Ty for sparing me some lib saying "source?" smuglord

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And if you're curious where the white rate of 4.5 sits....

Right behind Cuba

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

death to america

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Of course