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Where in the world are babies at the lowest risk of dying?
It’s difficult to compare countries because they don’t always measure infant mortality in the same way.
The World Health Organization has clear(and deliberately broad) criteria for this: live births should include any sign of life, even if it is assisted or very brief. The first thing to notice is the cluster of countries at the bottom of the chart: Japan, Sweden, South Korea, and Finland had the lowest neonatal mortality rates. Being born prematurely drastically increases the risk of dying, which means factors like maternal health and midwife visits during pregnancy matter a lot.
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