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by grecy 2135 days ago
The US is at or very near the worst among OECD countries in: infant mortality, child poverty, child health and safety, life expectancy at birth, healthy life expectancy, rate of obesity, disability-adjusted life years, doctors per 1000 people, deaths from treatable conditions, rate of mental health disorders, rate of drug abuse, rate of prescription drug use, incarceration rate, rate of assaults, rate of homicides, income inequality, wealth inequality, and economic mobility.

also Maternity/Paternity Leave, Paid Sick Time, and Paid Vacation

In many of those areas (incarceration rate, rate of homicides) the US is doing vastly worse than other OECD countries.

Explore the data yourself - https://data.oecd.org/