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Infant mortalityAt least we beat the Russian Federation, Bulgaria, and Romania.... and most of the world's under-developed countries.
Rank Country per 1000 live births
1 Singapore 2.0
2 Hong Kong 2.5
3 Japan 2.8
4 Sweden 3.1
5 Norway 3.2
6 Finland 3.3
7 Spain 3.5
8 Czech Republic 3.7
9 France 3.9
10 Portugal 4.0
11 Germany 4.1
11 Greece 4.1
11 Italy 4.1
11 Netherlands 4.1
15 Switzerland 4.2
16 Belgium 4.3
17 Denmark 4.4
18 Austria 4.5
18 Israel 4.5
20 Australia 4.7
21 Ireland 4.9
21 Scotland 4.9
23 England and Wales 5.0
24 Canada 5.3
25 Northern Ireland 5.5
26 New Zealand 5.7
27 Cuba 5.8
28 Hungary 6.6
29 Poland 6.8
29 Slovakia 6.8
29 United States 6.8
32 Puerto Rico 8.1
33 Chile 8.4
34 Costa Rica 9.0
35 Russian Federation 11.5
36 Bulgaria 11.7
37 Romania 16.8
The good news is that a a McCain-Bush style tax break is all we need to have a world-class health care system.... assuming that staying above #38 qualifies as world-class.Wealth-Based Rationing of
essentials like health care
is what makes us #29.
Labels: CDC, infant mortality
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