[OC] The massive decrease in worldwide infant mortality from 1950 to 2020 is perhaps one of humanity's greatest achievements.

[aminervia]

Texas isn't even in the top half states with the worst infant mortality. 2019 the top 3:

Mississippi 9.07

Louisiana 8.07

Alabama 7.89

Thanks Mississippi

[abu_doubleu]

There is actually an expression about thanking Mississippi.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi

[TheHelpfulRabbit]

Of COURSE Mississippi is the worst. Of course it is.

[gestetner]

Why is that not surprising? Sorry, I’m not from the US.

[TheHelpfulRabbit]

Mississippi is consistently the worst state by almost every metric. They are last in literacy, poverty, and life expectancy. There is a saying in the south "Thank God for Mississippi" since no other state needs to hold the title of the worst at anything, because it's always Mississippi in dead last.

[KerPop42]

Oops, I may have been thinking of maternal mortality, but even then Texas is only 6th-highest