Along this topic, if we are spending so much on these infants why is our rate higher than other first world countries?

Finland which is number one, "used the least resources and attained average results, making Finland the most efficient public sector health service producer according to the study's authors"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-i...

Granted it's way better than many other countries, but still we shouldn't be so off.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...