America spends about twice as much on health care as other rich countries but has the highest infant
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Typical Economist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_and_under-five_mortality_rates
A cursory search shows us at a pretty terrible level, but not the absolute bottom. Further more, the difference between the absolute bottom and our mortality rate is significant. We are within statistical noise distance of New Zealand (though they don't publish the margin of error here so that is a small assumption).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_and_under-five_mortality_rates
A cursory search shows us at a pretty terrible level, but not the absolute bottom. Further more, the difference between the absolute bottom and our mortality rate is significant. We are within statistical noise distance of New Zealand (though they don't publish the margin of error here so that is a small assumption).
But legitimately at the bottom of the developed world countries, based on your choice of data. The Economist compared the US to the only countries that it should be reasonably compared to, and it's a fact worth pointing out.
Typical ET poster. Did you even read the headlines?
The underlying reason here is the "diversity" that's supposed to be such a great thing. Something similar happens when you examine why the U.S. education system supposedly delivers such poor outcomes.
https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/infantmortality.htm
The European rate is 4.5, and the Asian rate is 3.6. Not terribly far off Switzerland (3.8), Denmark (3.7), and the same as Canada (4.5). I'm actually surprised the European-American rate is so low, as Americans outside the coastal metros life god-awful unhealthy lifestyles.
Not to say the U.S. healthcare system is fine, because it's terrible beyond description.
https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/infantmortality.htm
The European rate is 4.5, and the Asian rate is 3.6. Not terribly far off Switzerland (3.8), Denmark (3.7), and the same as Canada (4.5). I'm actually surprised the European-American rate is so low, as Americans outside the coastal metros life god-awful unhealthy lifestyles.
Not to say the U.S. healthcare system is fine, because it's terrible beyond description.
I don't need to, I read "but has the highest infant-mortality rate" and went straight to the data like anyone with a higher than room temperature IQ. Not huge into people tweeting altered headlines. I prefer facts over fake news, and this is certainly bordering on fake.
So what's your point? Should i consider your alternative fake news, when the headline states "America spends about twice as much on health care as other rich countries but has the highest infant-mortality rate"
Discuss the facts presented in the thread. No one gives a shit if we are better than Afghanistan. Even Cuba is better than US
Back to USSR:
"Comrades, we've achieved 36.6 C average bodily temperature for 17 more hospitals, and that includes morgue departments".
Between myself and my wife we have lived in a few other good countries, e.g. Germany and Australia and don't miss socialised medical care a bit. The Economist should be renamed into Socialist Weekly with Bash America subtitle. They don't even give article authors' names anymore.
"Comrades, we've achieved 36.6 C average bodily temperature for 17 more hospitals, and that includes morgue departments".
Between myself and my wife we have lived in a few other good countries, e.g. Germany and Australia and don't miss socialised medical care a bit. The Economist should be renamed into Socialist Weekly with Bash America subtitle. They don't even give article authors' names anymore.
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Oh, like Guatemala then.