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I wrote medical reporting software and yes the USA calculates it's numbers much differently than at least France and Japan. Why do you claim BS?



Because even with that, related normalized numbers are still shit. It's not just some counting problem.

"Women in the U.S. have long had the highest rate of maternal mortality related to complications of pregnancy and childbirth. In 2020, there were nearly 24 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in the U.S., more than three times the rate in most of the other high-income countries we studied"

"The U.S. infant mortality rate (5.8 deaths under one year of age per 1,000 live births) is 71 percent higher than the comparable country average (3.4 deaths)"


What exactly is the difference you are claiming there is between the US and France/Japan?


Because you cherry pick a couple of countries and ignore the ones who don't. Obviously.




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