Infant Mortality In USA Improves, But Still Compares Badly With Other Industrialized Nations

While the infant mortality rate in the USA has carried on to falling, compared to other industrialized nations around the globe, the country is ranked very near the bottom. In 1960 US infant mortality rate stood at 26 deaths per 1,000 births, while in 2006 it improved to 7 deaths per 1,000 births (Save the Children). Even though child mortality rates have improved in the USA, over the last half-century other industrialized countries have progressed faster and moved ahead. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Pediatrics on November 11th, 2007