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to a lower percentage (usually 90% or 75% works best). Yes, 38 countries have better infant survival rates than the US - in spite of the fact that the US spends more per capita on medical care than any country in the world!! . The reason? Most differences are attributed to the lack of medical interventions, and the widespread use of midwives and non-hospital birthing locations (including home). . Something has to change. This is not only a medical tragedy, it's a social, psychological and public health crisis (and crime!). |
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. Sweden Iceland Singapore Finland Japan Norway Andorra Netherlands Macau Austria France Switzerland Slovenia Belgium Germany Luxembourg Spain Australia Guernsey Liechtenstein Canada Denmark Gibraltar Ireland Czech Republic United Kingdom Jersey Northern Mariana Islands Italy Monaco Hong Kong Malta Portugal San Marino New Zealand Aruba Greece Isle of Man -------------------------------------------------- United States -------------------------------------------------- Guam Faroe Islands Taiwan Croatia Cuba Korea, South Israel Martinique Cyprus New Caledonia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Reunion Montserrat Hungary Slovakia French Polynesia Chile Poland Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Guadeloupe Bermuda Cayman Islands American Samoa Nauru Montenegro Costa Rica Kuwait Netherlands Antilles Barbados Estonia Macedonia (fmr Yugoslav Rep French Guiana Fiji Tonga Jamaica Belarus Grenada Lithuania Brunei Bulgaria Uruguay Saint Lucia Latvia Sri Lanka Saint Kitts and Nevis Bahamas, The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Palau Dominica United Arab Emirates Mauritius Seychelles Greenland Argentina Turks and Caicos Islands Romania Serbia Russia Bahrain Panama Malaysia British Virgin Islands Jordan Ukraine Qatar West Bank Antigua and Barbuda Saint Helena Oman Tuvalu Korea, North Colombia Cook Islands Suriname Bosnia and Herzegovina Solomon Islands Anguilla Trinidad and Tobago Belize Gaza Strip Venezuela Mexico China El Salvador Lebanon Philippines Iran Libya Tunisia Paraguay Vietnam Honduras Thailand Samoa Micronesia, Fed States of Nicaragua Syria Ecuador Dominican Republic Brazil Guyana Peru Marshall Islands Mongolia Albania Armenia Algeria Indonesia Moldova Guatemala Turkey Morocco Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Georgia World Cape Verde Kiribati Ghana Senegal South Africa Kazakhstan Papua New Guinea Bolivia Botswana Zimbabwe Egypt Iraq Vanuatu India Maldives Cambodia Kenya Sudan Yemen Cameroon Namibia Mayotte Burundi Togo Bangladesh Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Nigeria Burma Nepal Eritrea Kyrgyzstan Mauritania Gambia, The Tanzania Pakistan Lesotho Azerbaijan Madagascar Comoros Benin Zambia Uganda Laos Equatorial Guinea Cote d’Ivoire Gabon Chad Haiti Ethiopia Congo, Re of the Congo, Dem Rep of the Djibouti Central African Republic Burkina Faso Swaziland Bhutan Guinea-Bissau Tajikistan Rwanda Malawi Mali Niger Somalia Guinea Western Sahara Liberia Mozambique Sierra Leone Afghanistan Angola Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Falkland Islands ( Malvinas) Niue Norfolk Island Pitcairn Islands Svalbard Tokelau Wallis and Futuna |
Ratio of Infant Deaths
. 003.49 deaths/1,000 live births 003.58 deaths/1,000 live births 003.65 deaths/1,000 live births 003.82 deaths/1,000 live births 003.91 deaths/1,000 live births 003.98 deaths/1,000 live births 004.08 deaths/1,000 live births 004.42 deaths/1,000 live births 004.49 deaths/1,000 live births 004.5 deaths/1,000 live births 004.51 deaths/1,000 live births 004.53 deaths/1,000 live births 004.56 deaths/1,000 live births 004.76 deaths/1,000 live births 004.77 deaths/1,000 live births 004.83 deaths/1,000 live births 004.99 deaths/1,000 live births 005.04 deaths/1,000 live births 005.07 deaths/1,000 live births 005.07 deaths/1,000 live births 005.08 deaths/1,000 live births 005.11 deaths/1,000 live births 005.6 deaths/1,000 live births 005.62 deaths/1,000 live births 005.63 deaths/1,000 live births 005.63 deaths/1,000 live births 005.71 deaths/1,000 live births 005.79 deaths/1,000 live births 005.92 deaths/1,000 live births 005.92 deaths/1,000 live births 005.93 deaths/1,000 live births 005.94 deaths/1,000 live births 006.05 deaths/1,000 live births 006.33 deaths/1,000 live births 006.39 deaths/1,000 live births 006.51 deaths/1,000 live births 006.51 deaths/1,000 live births 006.54 deaths/1,000 live births -------------------------------------------------- 006.82 deaths/1,000 live births -------------------------------------------------- 006.83 deaths/1,000 live births 006.94 deaths/1,000 live births 007.06 deaths/1,000 live births 007.35 deaths/1,000 live births 007.51 deaths/1,000 live births 007.85 deaths/1,000 live births 007.9 deaths/1,000 live births 007.97 deaths/1,000 live births 008.07 deaths/1,000 live births 008.57 deaths/1,000 live births 008.61 deaths/1,000 live births 008.67 deaths/1,000 live births 009.1 deaths/1,000 live births 009.15 deaths/1,000 live births 009.18 deaths/1,000 live births 009.3 deaths/1,000 live births 009.6 deaths/1,000 live births 009.61 deaths/1,000 live births 009.64 deaths/1,000 live births 009.71 deaths/1,000 live births 009.77 deaths/1,000 live births 009.82 deaths/1,000 live births 010.44 deaths/1,000 live births 010.63 deaths/1,000 live births 010.9 deaths/1,000 live births 010.97 eaths/1,000 live births 011.49 deaths/1,000 live births 011.55 deaths/1,000 live births 011.74 deaths/1,000 live births 012.37 deaths/1,000 live births 012.92 deaths/1,000 live births 013.35 deaths/1,000 live births 013.99 deaths/1,000 live births 014.45 deaths/1,000 live births 014.45 deaths/1,000 live births 014.61 deaths/1,000 live births 014.63 deaths/1,000 live births 014.63 deaths/1,000 live births 014.67 deaths/1,000 live births 014.84 deaths/1,000 live births 015.13 deaths/1,000 live births 015.14 deaths/1,000 live births 015.64 deaths/1,000 live births 015.71 deaths/1,000 live births 016.51 deaths/1,000 live births 016.72 deaths/1,000 live births 016.99 deaths/1,000 live births 017.06 deaths/1,000 live births 017.12 deaths/1,000 live births 017.13 deaths/1,000 live births 017.17 deaths/1,000 live births 017.73 deaths/1,000 live births 017.74 deaths/1,000 live births 018.26 deaths/1,000 live births 018.31 deaths/1,000 live births 018.66 deaths/1,000 live births 019.84 deaths/1,000 live births 020.13 deaths/1,000 live births 020.33 deaths/1,000 live births 020.48 deaths/1,000 live births 020.8 deaths/1,000 live births 020.96 deaths/1,000 live births 021.05 deaths/1,000 live births 021.11 deaths/1,000 live births 021.67 deaths/1,000 live births 022.14 deaths/1,000 live births 022.33 deaths/1,000 live births 023.05 deaths/1,000 live births 023.23 deaths/1,000 live births 023.28 deaths/1,000 live births 023.3 deaths/1,000 live births 024.29 deaths/1,000 live births 024.7 deaths/1,000 live births 024.7 deaths/1,000 live births 025.06 deaths/1,000 live births 025.17 deaths/1,000 live births 025.26 deaths/1,000 live births 025.44 deaths/1,000 live births 025.76 deaths/1,000 live births 025.97 deaths/1,000 live births 025.97 deaths/1,000 live births 026.17 deaths/1,000 live births 026.19 deaths/1,000 live births 028.92 deaths/1,000 live births 029.22 deaths/1,000 live births 029.3 deaths/1,000 live births 029.52 deaths/1,000 live births 030.02 deaths/1,000 live births 030.08 deaths/1,000 live births 030.09 deaths/1,000 live births 030.81 deaths/1,000 live births 031.13 deaths/1,000 live births 031.29 deaths/1,000 live births 031.48 deaths/1,000 live births 032.75 deaths/1,000 live births 033.48 deaths/1,000 live births 034.79 deaths/1,000 live births 034.86 deaths/1,000 live births 035.13 deaths/1,000 live births 035.93 deaths/1,000 live births 038.04 deaths/1,000 live births 039.07 deaths/1,000 live births 040.6 deaths/1,000 live births 040.95 deaths/1,000 live births 041.22 deaths/1,000 live births 041.33 deaths/1,000 live births 041.48 deaths/1,000 live births 041.97 deaths/1,000 live births 042.21 deaths/1,000 live births 043.32 deaths/1,000 live births 047.03 deaths/1,000 live births 048.9 deaths/1,000 live births 049.72 deaths/1,000 live births 050.41 deaths/1,000 live births 052.9 deaths/1,000 live births 052.94 deaths/1,000 live births 054 deaths/1,000 live births 054.58 deaths/1,000 live births 055.36 deaths/1,000 live births 057.43 deaths/1,000 live births 058.08 deaths/1,000 live births 058.88 deaths/1,000 live births 059.39 deaths/1,000 live births 059.89 deaths/1,000 live births 060.44 deaths/1,000 live births 061.68 deaths/1,000 live births 062.25 deaths/1,000 live births 062.32 deaths/1,000 live births 062.49 deaths/1,000 live births 062.52 deaths/1,000 live births 064.9 deaths/1,000 live births 065.52 deaths/1,000 live births 066.82 deaths/1,000 live births 068.74 deaths/1,000 live births 070.21 deaths/1,000 live births 070.28 deaths/1,000 live births 070.87 deaths/1,000 live births 070.88 deaths/1,000 live births 071.31 deaths/1,000 live births 071.5 deaths/1,000 live births 071.55 deaths/1,000 live births 071.66 deaths/1,000 live births 072.13 deaths/1,000 live births 073.3 deaths/1,000 live births 074.18 deaths/1,000 live births 075.3 deaths/1,000 live births 075.93 deaths/1,000 live births 076.66 deaths/1,000 live births 077.08 deaths/1,000 live births 078.15 deaths/1,000 live births 079.29 deaths/1,000 live births 080.97 deaths/1,000 live births 082.49 deaths/1,000 live births 082.97 deaths/1,000 live births 083.41 deaths/1,000 live births 085.26 deaths/1,000 live births 086.33 deaths/1,000 live births 090.84 deaths/1,000 live births 092.38 deaths/1,000 live births 093.25 deaths/1,000 live births 094.8 deaths/1,000 live births 094.83 deaths/1,000 live births 095.06 deaths/1,000 live births 096.3 deaths/1,000 live births 096.66 deaths/1,000 live births 097.1 deaths/1,000 live births 101.29 deaths/1,000 live births 101.55 deaths/1,000 live births 101.71 deaths/1,000 live births 103.32 deaths/1,000 live births 106.69 deaths/1,000 live births 108.53 deaths/1,000 live births 108.95 deaths/1,000 live births 110.99 deaths/1,000 live births 112.25 deaths/1,000 live births 117.42 deaths/1,000 live births 120.06 deaths/1,000 live births 122.28 deaths/1,000 live births 123.25 deaths/1,000 live births 124.9 deaths/1,000 live births 125.77 deaths/1,000 live births 130.98 deaths/1,000 live births 133.59 deaths/1,000 live births 134.63 deaths/1,000 live births 139.86 deaths/1,000 live births 148.66 deaths/1,000 live births 149.28 deaths/1,000 live births 195.78 deaths/1,000 live births information not available information not available information not available information not available information not available information not available information not available information not available information not available |
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