[pieceofthepuzzle]

“The comparisons of infant mortality rates between nations is bogus.”

You are absolutely correct. There is no consistency on how this statistic is measured, and nations that do not routinely use, or have available, state of the art neonatal intensive care units report these as essentially non-viable births rather than infant mortality. This is the kind of thing the media is supposed to educate the populace on. But they don't, either because of their bias, their ignorance, or likely a combination of both.

[mewzilla]

From last year, across the Pond, with some interesting snippets on infant mortality data...

NHS puzzled by city’s worst in UK infant mortality rates

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Benjamin Disraeli