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Infant mortality in the U.S. and Canada.(Clinical Rounds)
Infant mortality is a complex issue, influenced by social, statistical, political, and geographic factors as well as medical ones. Looking at a chart of international infant mortality, one can see that the United States, as well as my native Canada, are light-years better off than politically unstable regions such as Angola, which leads the world at more than 191 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, or Afghanistan (163 per 1,000), by estimates of the Central Intelligence Agency's "World Factbook 2004."
However, we're far from being the best in the world.
Forty nations surpass the United States in infant mortality, including Singapore (2.29 per 1,000), ...
- United States. Infant Mortality Rate Drops 20% in Last Decade.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA February 24, 2002 700+ words
...amp; NewsRx.net) -- Infant mortality in the United States dropped 20% in the 1990s...on that." The U.S. infant mortality rate is still higher than...appeared to cut the risk of infant mortality by nearly one-third...
- Contribution of birth defects to infant mortality - United States, 1986.
- Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report September 22, 1989 700+ words
Contribution of Birth Defects to Infant Mortality -- United States, 1986 As infant mortality in the United States has declined during the 20th century, the proportion of infant deaths attributed...
- Infant mortality by marital status of mother - United States, 1983.
- Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report August 3, 1990 700+ words
...issue in the United States. In 1960, the infant mortality rates for...status and infant mortality rates is...rates in the United States 1940-1960...study of infant mortality from linked...variables: United States, 1960 live...
- Infant mortality - United States, 1990.
- Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report March 12, 1993 700+ words
The infant mortality rate for the United States for 1990--9...countries. The infant mortality rate in the United States remains higher...available), the infant mortality rate in the United States ranked 23rd [2...
- Infant mortality - United States, 1988.
- Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report September 20, 1991 700+ words
...of age died in the United States, 502 fewer than in 1987. The infant mortality rate of 10.0 infant...indices of health in the United States and other countries. The United States continues to have an infant mortality rate higher than that...
- Differences in infant mortality between blacks and whites - United States,...
- Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report April 29, 1994 700+ words
...1991, the overall infant mortality rate in the United States declined 29.4% (from 12.6 to 8.9). Infant mortality among whites declined...1232. [4.] CDC. Infant mortality--United States, 1991. MMWR 1993...
- Infant mortality - United States, 1992.
- Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report December 16, 1994 700+ words
The final infant mortality (death before...rate for the United States for 1992...Note. The infant mortality rate - a standard...higher in the United States than in many...the U.S. infant mortality rate ranked...
- Infant mortality - United States, 1993.
- Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report March 15, 1996 700+ words
...1993 final infant mortality (death before...rate for the United States--infant...declining trend in infant mortality continued through...accurately estimate infant mortality rates for other...died in the United States, compared...