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Neighbors a world apart.(MASTER CLASS)
Infant mortality is one of the dominant measures by which a nation's health is judged. Many factors contribute to the number of babies who survive in a given country, making infant mortality a rather unrefined gauge of overall health. Yet it has been accepted worldwide as a generally fair and realistic reflection of national health.
Leaders in the medical community and government have long recognized that the United States has unacceptably high infant mortality in comparison with other nations. I served, in fact, on the Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary's Committee on Infant Mortality under President George H.W. Bush, as part of a major effort to reduce by half our infant mortality. We still have not succeeded, despite concerted efforts.
Because this is a complex issue that will be solved only by using multiple strategies, we may do well to learn from other countries' successes. The Scandinavian countries, which boast very low infant ...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Paulson, Tom August 2, 1996 700+ words
...dramatic and significant drop'' in infant mortality rates for Seattle and King County...twice as high as for whites. ``Infant mortality is one of the most sensitive indicators...Healthier Babies,'' from the agency's infant mortality review team. Beyond the statistics...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Vedantam, Shankar July 9, 1995 700+ words
...births are helping keep America's infant mortality rate above that of other industrialized...Sunday. Although America's overall infant mortality rate dipped to just below eight deaths...worldwide. ``The decline in the infant mortality rate would have been greater if not...
