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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[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The second I read the title I just knew "guns and cars".

Prematurity and SIDS are weird though, I could come up with many speculative theories. Do we have evidentially backed explanations as to why the US is so much worse in these regards?

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 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

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 8 points 5 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

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

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

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

Right behind Cuba

[–] jack@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

death to america

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago

Of course

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. is also double the OECD average and for Black women the rate more than doubles again. (50.3 deaths for every 100,000 live births, comparable to the overall rate in Kyrgyzstan).

In 2020 the U.S. maternal mortality rate was higher than Palestine's. (21.1 vs 20.4.) The OECD average was 10.9.

[–] Esoteir@hexbear.net 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

the OECD member country map

international-community-1 international-community-2

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Is light blue not "in" but "aligned"?

Or in process of joining I guess bc Thailand is light blue

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago

Argentina ready to increase the child mortality rate even further to follow their colonial master.

[–] Esoteir@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

yeah they're applicants

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago

firearm-related incidents (RR, 15.34 [95% CI, 14.89-15.80]) and motor vehicle crashes

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