The higher perinatal death rate in Australian home births was due to the inclusion of predictably high risk births and prolonged asphyxia during labour (bmj.com)
And the Netherlands has one of the highest rates of perinatal death in Europe. (skepticalob.com)
According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, while home birth is associated with fewer maternal interventions compared to a planned hospital birth (such as labor induction and c - sections), it holds more than twice the risk for perinatal death — or death within the first week of life. (thebump.com)