Where in the world are babies at the lowest risk of dying?

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. Which country is the safest for a baby to be born? Answering this question might seem easy: divide the number of infants who die by the total number of infants born; make a map of these rates and find the lowest number. But while these comparisons are very helpful in identifying the huge differences across countries, things get a bit more complicated when it comes to the small differences between the countries with the lowest mortality rates. This is because countries measure infant deaths slightly differently, specifically the number of live births that are recorded. Two main factors can affect which babies are included as live births. The first is deciding whether a baby has shown “signs of life”. The World Health Organization has clear (and deliberately broad) criteria for this: live births should include any sign of l ... Read full article.