[VRWCmember]

Also, those premature births in foreign countries aren’t even counted as births for their infant mortality calculations. They simply count them as miscarriages. Sort of like a sacrifice fly or sacrifice bunt not counting as an at-bat when you calculate your batting average.

[rmlew]

Bingo.
Of course as one of those premies who made it, I am extraordinarily thankful for the care given in the US. Then again, I was not the average statistic. Although my parents were both immigrants, they were middle class and my father an internist. Perhaps that is one reason why I did so much better than 90% born under similar circumstances.

Sadly, a first cousin born 2 weeks younger and 6 years earlier in Sweden did not make it. I wonder if he was counted as an infant mortality or merely a miscarriage.