This should lead to the question..."Why are babies born in Norway with a higher birth weight?"
That should lead to that question, but the answer isn't obviously something to do with medical insurance. Even if it plays a role there is no reason to think its a decisive one. The 2nd link gives a good answer to that question. The US is number one in teenage pregnancy with 1,671.63 births per 1 million, Norway is number 15 with 349.88.
Also you ignore the other points.
"Low birth weight infants are not counted against the “live birth” statistics for many countries reporting low infant mortality rates...But in the U.S., such very low birth weight babies are considered live births. The mortality rate of such babies — considered “unsalvageable” outside of the U.S. and therefore never alive — is extraordinarily high"
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"In the United States, all infants who show signs of life at birth (take a breath, move voluntarily, have a heartbeat) are considered alive.
If a child in Hong Kong or Japan is born alive but dies within the first 24 hours of birth, he or she is reported as a “miscarriage” and does not affect the country’s reported infant mortality rates.
The length of pregnancy considered “normal” is 37-41 weeks. In Belgium and France — in fact, in most European Union countries — any baby born before 26 weeks gestation is not considered alive and therefore does not “count” against reported infant mortality rates."
pajamasmedia.com
Also see
health.usnews.com
...American advances in medical treatment now make it possible to save babies who would have surely died only a few decades ago. Until recently, very low birth-weight babies - less than 3 pounds - almost always died. Now, some of these babies survive. Whilesuch vulnerable babies may live with advanced medical assistance and technology, low birth-weight babies (weighing less than 5.5 pounds) recently had an infant mortality rate 20 times higher than heavier babies, according to WHO. Ironically, U.S. doctors' ability to save babies' lives causes higher infant mortality numbers here than would be the case with less advanced treatment.
Because of varying standards, international comparisons of infant mortality rates are improperly used to create myths about how the United States should allocate local or national resources...
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