"simple statistics like infant mortality rate is exceptionally deceptive"
- pure numbers for general public are, I agree.
But if one looks at all the factors in play, how it's calculated ( and it is calculated differently in different countries), what are the cut-offs, what are the components of it, how it's correlated with other variables, leading causes by country and by age within that age group correlated by socioeconomic status, prenantal care, maternal education, area in the country and different healthcare access, functioning of neonatal ICU's, ratios of neonatologists and OB/GYN's etc,etc....... there is a lot to it .....
Anyway, this is something i can talk about for hours which has limited interest otherwise, just trying to show the complexity of it that some might not appreciate.
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