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US Among Worst in World for Infant
Death
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live
births
Infant mortality rates by
race/ethnicity
1 Singapore 2.31
2 Bermuda 2.46
3 Sweden 2.75
4 Japan 2.79
5 Hong Kong 2.92
6 Macau 3.22
7 Iceland 3.23
8 France 3.33
9 Anguilla 3.52
11 Norway 3.58
12 Malta 3.75
13 Andorra 3.76
14 Czech Republic 3.79
15 Germany 3.99
16 Switzerland 4.18
17 Spain 4.21
18 Israel 4.22
19 Slovenia 4.25
20 Liechtenstein 4.25
21 South Korea 4.26
22 Denmark 4.34
23 Austria 4.42
24 Belgiium 4.44
25 Guernsey 4.47
26 Luxembourg 4.56
27 Netherlands 4.73
28 Jersey 4.73
29 Australia 4.75
30 Portugal 4.78
31 Gibraltar 4.83
32 United Kingdom 4.85
33 New Zeland 4.92
34 Monaco 5.00
35 Wallis and Futuna 5.02
36 Canada 5.04
37 Ireland 5:05
38 Greece 5.16
39 San Marino 5.34
40 Taiwan 5:35
41 Isle of Man 5/37
42 Italy 5.51
43 European Union 5.72
44 Cuba 5.82
45 Guam 6.05
45 United States 6.26
47 Faroe Islands 6.32
48 Croatia 6.37
49 Belarus 6.43
Asian 4.7
Hispanic 5.6
White 5.7
US Average 6.3
Native American 8.5
Black 13.6
US Among Worst in World for Infant Death
In 2004, the most recent year for which statistics are available, roughly seven babies died for every 1,000 live births before reaching their first birthday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. That was down from about 26 in 1960.
Babies born to black mothers died at two and a half times the rate of those born to white mothers, according to the CDC figures.
The United States ranks near the bottom for infant survival rates among modernized nations. A Save the Children report last year placed the United States ahead of only Latvia, and tied with Hungary, Malta, Poland and Slovakia.
The same report noted the United States had more neonatologists and newborn intensive care beds per person than Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom - but still had a higher rate of infant mortality than any of those nations.
Doctors and analysts blame broad disparities in access to health care among racial and income groups in the United States.
Not surprisingly, the picture is far bleaker in poorer countries,
particularly in Africa. A 2005 World Health Organization report found
infant mortality rates as high as 144 per 1,000 births - more than 20
times the U.S. rate - in Liberia.
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