Infant Mortality Rate in US

[WarriorAngel]

What poor personal decisions are people making that lead to our high infant mortality rate?

DRUGS.
Alcohol during gestation.

THESE are the factors the Huff didnt mention.

Yah, but those are the REAL factors for infant mortality rates.

The children born to addictive moms - and moms who remain addicted - have the worst quality of life - if they survive birth.

The Huff twisted this story.

Just saying...

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

DRUGS.
Alcohol during gestation.

THESE are the factors the Huff didnt mention.

Yah, but those are the REAL factors for infant mortality rates.

The children born to addictive moms - and moms who remain addicted - have the worst quality of life - if they survive birth.

The Huff twisted this story.

Just saying...

Where's the data that supports your hypothesis that drug and alcohol use are the reason US infant mortality is significantly higher than in other developed countries? If those are the real factors, the data should support it.

 

[Tallguy88]

DRUGS.
Alcohol during gestation.

THESE are the factors the Huff didnt mention.

Yah, but those are the REAL factors for infant mortality rates.

The children born to addictive moms - and moms who remain addicted - have the worst quality of life - if they survive birth.

The Huff twisted this story.

Just saying...

Europeans drink more alcohol than Americans, yet have a lower infant mortality rate.

 

[Sarcalogos Deus]

Where's the data that supports your hypothesis that drug and alcohol use are the reason US infant mortality is significantly higher than in other developed countries? If those are the real factors, the data should support it.

Access to a doctor to give birth is still probably the biggest reason. Canada is our closest comparison and our infant mortality rates aren't that much higher than theirs even with all the uninsured.

What Obamacare won't do is make it where women in rural areas can easily have access to hospital to give birth, and thus the problem would remain, as it does in Canada where everyone has health care.

 

[mark46]

We are guessing and guessing incorrectly yet again (as someone did regarding drinking.

The death rates under 28 days are bi significantly different in rural and urban areas, although deaths after 28 days are much more common in rural areas.

Infant Mortality Child Health USA 2012

Access to a doctor to give birth is still probably the biggest reason. Canada is our closest comparison and our infant mortality rates aren't that much higher than theirs even with all the uninsured.

What Obamacare won't do is make it where women in rural areas can easily have access to hospital to give birth, and thus the problem would remain, as it does in Canada where everyone has health care.