The opening graph is from the Office for National Statistics. The ONS is a UK govt department. So there is some UK data in the article but this is first-year mortality, not first month.
The author does say:
> The precise birth data needed to produce these comparable rates is not available for all countries, so only a selection of OECD countries is shown.
Perhaps this is the reason.
I do agree though, it's mighty strange to have not included an interpretation of you're going to mention them in the text. Perhaps they were excluded after the text was written?
The opening graph is from the Office for National Statistics. The ONS is a UK govt department. So there is some UK data in the article but this is first-year mortality, not first month.
The author does say:
> The precise birth data needed to produce these comparable rates is not available for all countries, so only a selection of OECD countries is shown.
Perhaps this is the reason.
I do agree though, it's mighty strange to have not included an interpretation of you're going to mention them in the text. Perhaps they were excluded after the text was written?