05.09.13
Good at being worst
Corporate kleptocracy systemically hard on the most vulnerable:
The United States has the highest rate of first-day deaths in babies than any other industrialized nation, according to a report released this week by the humanitarian group Save the Children …
Babies born to the poorest mothers are 40 percent more likely to die than babies born to wealthy mothers, said Miles …
The health dangers that poor and minority women face—like a high rate of premature birth and low birth weights—are compounded by the difficulties they have getting high-risk care in the United States, Miles said.
But questions remain about why the United States is in a league of its own for first-day deaths. “We can really only explain about half of the discrepancy,” Miles said, “and more research is needed.”