Infant mortality rate (deaths at age 0 per 1,000 live births), USA, UK, Canada, China, Russia, 2000 – 2023 (World Bank data) [OC]
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Infant mortality rate (deaths at age 0 per 1,000 live births), USA, UK, Canada, China, Russia, 2000 – 2023 (World Bank data) [OC]
Posted by Populationdemography
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Isn’t infant mortality usually defined as death before 5 years old?
Wait, the US has the highest rate? And has been higher than the UK and Canada for 25 years? Is there a why?
Russia lower than UK and Canada?
Why is this a non-zeroed Y axis? It makes the difference between US and UK look proportionally way bigger than reality.
I know having more whitespace than necessary isn’t quite as pretty, but it’s pretty important for enabling people to correctly interpret the visuals.
“Well, of course, if you count dead babies you’ll have infant mortality!”
US healthcare being its usual joke.