A baby below a certain birthweight, or below a certain gestational age, or who dies within 48 hours, is not even counted as a "live birth".
THAT is why the U.S. child mortality statistics look so bad, compared with Britain and the rest of Europe. They do not count the high-risk newborns as births at all. Easy to look good if you cook the numbers.
Rubbish.
Britain counts them just like America. I dont know about Europe, but I can assure you we do.