Nope, that's not the reason.
> The U.S. infant mortality rate was still higher than for most Europeancountries when births at less than 22 weeks of gestation were excluded.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db23.pdf
Statistical hustling is common, but the most usual form is that the US excludes uninsured individuals to make itself look like it belongs in the developed country cluster.
Nope, that's not the reason.
> The U.S. infant mortality rate was still higher than for most Europeancountries when births at less than 22 weeks of gestation were excluded.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db23.pdf
Statistical hustling is common, but the most usual form is that the US excludes uninsured individuals to make itself look like it belongs in the developed country cluster.