Since we spend twice as much as anyone else on healthcare but rank somewhere around 50th in lifespan, it would be weird if we were getting better outcomes in any area due to greater spending.
In the US, every live birth counts, even if it only lasts minutes
I don’t know if that completely makes up the difference, but the real disparity is nowhere near the numbers that get thrown around. It’s apples vs oranges.
Covid positives were a similar situation.
Most countries would not report a positive Covid patient unless the test was positive and the patient was symptomatic.
The CDC[2020] reports an infant mortality rate of <0.6%. Excluding all of it would only increase life expectancy from 78.8 to 79.2
[2020]https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db395.htm