manu1959
Left Coast Isolationist
Where do we rank in teen pregnancy and drug addiction? There's your answer.
no shit.....you can't make stupid people smart....
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Where do we rank in teen pregnancy and drug addiction? There's your answer.
kinda wonder why they never have stats on how many babies and infants have been saved by our oh so crappy medical system here in the us???
for those of you who think this country has the best health care blah blah blah
reality check:
U.S. 30th in Global Infant Mortality - ABC News
"In 2005, the latest year that the international ranking is available for, the United States ranked 30th in the world in infant mortality, behind most European countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and Israel," the NCHS, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in the report.
Heh.Once again, for the slow and the brain dead. There is no uniform method of reporting between the Countries. Our death rate appears higher in some areas because we count EVERYONE that dies. With babies that means all the premature births that in other countries do not even get counted.
Also, the US is responsible for more medical innovation than the rest of the world.
http://www.weworkforhealth.org/uploads/Innovation_FAQ.pdf
There is a reason why people from across the world flock to the US for treatment - if they can afford it.
Across the world the wealthy are grateful.
What about the millions of the worlds poorest? Because they benefit too, idiot.
Who developed Aids treatment?
Huge numbers of ordinary people - across the world - are alive today because of US medical innovation. That doesn't suit your agenda but it doesn't change fact.
Perhaps it might be useful to question the premise.Cognitive dissonance.
Public health experts look at infant mortality in calculating the quality of a country's healthcare system. The United States is often ranked behind other industrialized countries, in part because of the infant mortality rates.
Perhaps it might be more useful to ask why rather than dismiss the evidence in an offhanded manner.
Jeeze. I wonder how many infants and newborns are saved every year. I sure don't see any stats on that.
Bones, we (US) report all infant deaths that occur after a live birth. Other countries wait for a period of time before assigning them live birth status so that their infant mortality rates compared to ours are not comparable on the same basis. This in addition to premature births which go un reported elsewhere. I read this in the WSJ back a couple of weeks.
Who told you that , Sean Hannity ?
OK WSJ same thing.
I posted a couple of news sources that basically said the same thing
Wow, just absorb that con logic.Jeeze. I wonder how many infants and newborns are saved every year. I sure don't see any stats on that.
Heh.Once again, for the slow and the brain dead. There is no uniform method of reporting between the Countries. Our death rate appears higher in some areas because we count EVERYONE that dies. With babies that means all the premature births that in other countries do not even get counted.
I knew someone would come up with this one.
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Infant mortality is an important indicator of the health of a nation, and the recent stagnation (since 2000) in the U.S. infant mortality rate has generated concern among researchers and policy makers. The percentage of preterm births in the United States has risen 36% since 1984 (1). In this report we compare infant mortality rates between the United States and Europe. We also compare two factors that determine the infant mortality rategestational age-specific infant mortality rates and the percentage of preterm births. U.S. data are from the Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set (2,3), and European data for 2004 are from the recently published European Perinatal Health Report (4). We also examine requirements for reporting a live birth among countries to assess the possible effect of reporting differences on infant mortality data.
The report (comparing the US with European countries):
Products - Data Briefs - Number 23 - November, 2009
And to head off those who claim the US ranks so low because of reporting differences:
The U.S. infant mortality rate was still higher than for most European countries when births at less than 22 weeks of gestation were excluded.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db23_Fig2.png
Summary
In 2005, the United States ranked 30th in the world in infant mortality, behind most European countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and Israel. There are some differences among countries in the reporting of very small infants who may die soon after birth. However, it appears unlikely that differences in reporting are the primary explanation for the United States relatively low international ranking. In 2005, 22 countries had infant mortality rates of 5.0 or below. One would have to assume that these countries did not report more than one-third of their infant deaths for their infant mortality rates to equal or exceed the U.S. rate. This level of underreporting appears unlikely for most developed countries.
The United States compares favorably with Europe in the survival of infants born preterm. Infant mortality rates for preterm infants are lower in the United States than in most European countries. However, infant mortality rates for infants born at 37 weeks of gestation or more are generally higher in the United States than in European countries.
The primary reason for the United States higher infant mortality rate when compared with Europe is the United States much higher percentage of preterm births. In 2004, 1 in 8 infants born in the United States were born preterm, compared with 1 in 18 in Ireland and Finland. Preterm infants have much higher rates of death or disability than infants born at 37 weeks of gestation or more (2-4, 6), so the United States higher percentage of preterm births has a large effect on infant mortality rates. If the United States had the same gestational age distribution of births as Sweden, the U.S. infant mortality rate (excluding births at less than 22 weeks of gestation) would go from 5.8 to 3.9 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, a 33% decline. These data suggest that preterm birth prevention is crucial to lowering the U.S. infant mortality rate.
Despite the huge success, the group's report said most countries still missed the MDG target of reducing child mortality by two-thirds. In 1990, 12.7 million children under five died from largely preventable diseases. The U.N. said that fewer than 6 million children die yearly now, or 16,000 per day. While this is significant progress, health agencies said much more needs to be done to save lives.
The report noted that children are most at risk during the first month of life, when 45 percent of all under-5 deaths happen. It said 1 million infants die the day they are born, and nearly 2 million die in the first week of life. Flavia Bustreo, a senior World Health Organization official, told VOA that 10 sub-Saharan African countries have met the MDG target of cutting under-5 child mortality rates by two-thirds. Nevertheless, she said, Africa continues to lag behind the rest of the world.
The highest rates of child mortality continue to be found in sub-Saharan Africa, though there has been progress in the region.
The sub-Saharan region "has the highest child mortality rate and [is] where the progress is still required the most," Bustreo said. "The second region where that progress is still required is South Asia.” Bustreo said the wealth of a country has less to do with bringing down child mortality than its political will and actions. She noted that Angola is a middle-income country, yet has the highest under-5 child mortality rate in the world because it has not invested in child health.
She added that one of the poorest countries in the world, Ethiopia, has cut child deaths by two-thirds by prioritizing child health. The report said about 62 of the world’s countries have met the MDG target to reduce under-5 mortality by two-thirds. Another 74 countries have cut deaths by at least half. It noted that the leading causes of child mortality include premature birth, pneumonia, complications during labor and delivery, diarrhea, sepsis and malaria.
UN: Global Child Mortality Rates Show Steep Drop
for those of you who think this country has the best health care blah blah blah
reality check:
U.S. 30th in Global Infant Mortality - ABC News
"In 2005, the latest year that the international ranking is available for, the United States ranked 30th in the world in infant mortality, behind most European countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and Israel," the NCHS, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in the report.
Heh.Once again, for the slow and the brain dead. There is no uniform method of reporting between the Countries. Our death rate appears higher in some areas because we count EVERYONE that dies. With babies that means all the premature births that in other countries do not even get counted.
I knew someone would come up with this one.
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Infant mortality is an important indicator of the health of a nation, and the recent stagnation (since 2000) in the U.S. infant mortality rate has generated concern among researchers and policy makers. The percentage of preterm births in the United States has risen 36% since 1984 (1). In this report we compare infant mortality rates between the United States and Europe. We also compare two factors that determine the infant mortality rategestational age-specific infant mortality rates and the percentage of preterm births. U.S. data are from the Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set (2,3), and European data for 2004 are from the recently published European Perinatal Health Report (4). We also examine requirements for reporting a live birth among countries to assess the possible effect of reporting differences on infant mortality data.
The report (comparing the US with European countries):
Products - Data Briefs - Number 23 - November, 2009
And to head off those who claim the US ranks so low because of reporting differences:
The U.S. infant mortality rate was still higher than for most European countries when births at less than 22 weeks of gestation were excluded.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db23_Fig2.png
Summary
In 2005, the United States ranked 30th in the world in infant mortality, behind most European countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and Israel. There are some differences among countries in the reporting of very small infants who may die soon after birth. However, it appears unlikely that differences in reporting are the primary explanation for the United States relatively low international ranking. In 2005, 22 countries had infant mortality rates of 5.0 or below. One would have to assume that these countries did not report more than one-third of their infant deaths for their infant mortality rates to equal or exceed the U.S. rate. This level of underreporting appears unlikely for most developed countries.
The United States compares favorably with Europe in the survival of infants born preterm. Infant mortality rates for preterm infants are lower in the United States than in most European countries. However, infant mortality rates for infants born at 37 weeks of gestation or more are generally higher in the United States than in European countries.
The primary reason for the United States higher infant mortality rate when compared with Europe is the United States much higher percentage of preterm births. In 2004, 1 in 8 infants born in the United States were born preterm, compared with 1 in 18 in Ireland and Finland. Preterm infants have much higher rates of death or disability than infants born at 37 weeks of gestation or more (2-4, 6), so the United States higher percentage of preterm births has a large effect on infant mortality rates. If the United States had the same gestational age distribution of births as Sweden, the U.S. infant mortality rate (excluding births at less than 22 weeks of gestation) would go from 5.8 to 3.9 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, a 33% decline. These data suggest that preterm birth prevention is crucial to lowering the U.S. infant mortality rate.
Does anyone have an answer for this?
Do we know why we have so many pre-term births ?
I'd like to know that one.
Not everyone has access to it, nor should they.
Do we know why we have so many pre-term births ?
I'd like to know that one.
Not that difficult to find out:
Premature Labor
Smoking
Being very overweight or underweight before pregnancy
Not getting good prenatal care
Drinking alcohol or using street drugs during pregnancy
Having health conditions, such as high blood pressure, preeclampsia, diabetes, blood clotting disorders, or infections
Being pregnant with a baby that has certain birth defects
Being pregnant with a baby from in vitro fertilization
Being pregnant with twins or other multiples
A family or personal history of premature labor
Getting pregnant too soon after having a baby
There are also reasons such as fetal distress where a doctor may induce labor prior to 37 weeks.
Do we know why we have so many pre-term births ?
I'd like to know that one.
Not that difficult to find out:
Premature Labor
Smoking
Being very overweight or underweight before pregnancy
Not getting good prenatal care
Drinking alcohol or using street drugs during pregnancy
Having health conditions, such as high blood pressure, preeclampsia, diabetes, blood clotting disorders, or infections
Being pregnant with a baby that has certain birth defects
Being pregnant with a baby from in vitro fertilization
Being pregnant with twins or other multiples
A family or personal history of premature labor
Getting pregnant too soon after having a baby
There are also reasons such as fetal distress where a doctor may induce labor prior to 37 weeks.
I understand that there are reasons.
My question should have read:
Why do we have more than Europe.
Do we have statistics on this ?