v Japan has one of the lowest neonatal mortality rates (NMR) in the world, from 2.8% in 1950 to 0.14% in 2005, and since 1964, Japan’s infant mortality rate (IMR) has been lower than that of the U.S., a surprising figure given that Japan’s NMR at that time was roughly 1/10th that of the U.S. By 1990, Japan’s NMR was not only lower than that of the United States, but also lower than that of the United Kingdom and Germany. In a comparison of 30 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, Japan’s early neonatal mortality rate was only 0.1% in 2005, the lowest in the world, and its neonatal mortality rate of 0.14%, also the lowest in the world, and these data indicate that Japan is located in the
vAt the same time, health economics evaluation in the study of the correlation of neonatal medical costs, Japan resides at $3,000 per capita, which is only half of that of the United States, while the neonatal mortality rate plummets in treatments below $800 per capita and can be as high as 2.3% in treatments below $500 per capita. Japan’s health insurance for children is very good, which is an important guarantee for low infant mortality and neonatal mortality. In comparison, China lags far behind Japan, with per capita costs for newborns in Shaanxi below the $500 standard. Zhang Li, Department of Neonatology, Northwest Women’s and Children’s Hospital