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View Post: SchansBlog: infant mortality rates and stupid inferences about the ...
19 Nov 2009 by Eric Schansberg  
America has had a comparatively high infant mortality rate since we've been measuring these things, going back to at least the '20s...long before European countries adopted their cradle-to-grave welfare schemes and all while the U.S. ...
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View Post: Nigeria: Group Decries Rising Poverty Rate, Infant Mortality ...
20 Nov 2009 by willem van cotthem  
Katsina — An international based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Pan African Development on Education and Advocacy Programme (PADEAP), has decried the rising rate of poverty, gender in-equality, maternal and infant mortality in the ...
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View Post: Infant Mortality, Abortion, and WellPoint's Tonik Policy : CJR
11 Nov 2009 by Trudy Lieberman  
First, there was last week's news that the U.S. ranks thirtieth in the world when it comes to infant mortality. American infant mortality rates are more than twice as high as infant mortality rates in such countries as Japan, Norway, ...
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View Post: U.S. Trails Far Behind Europe In Infant Mortality - Shots - Health ...
4 Nov 2009
A premature baby, born at 28 weeks, lies in the neonatal intensive care unit of a New York hospital. The CDC says the large number of premature births is one factor behind the high infant mortality rate in the U.S. (Mario Tama/Getty ...
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View Post: Products - Data Briefs - Number 23 - November, 2009
3 Nov 2009
In this report we compare infant mortality rates between the United States and Europe. We also compare two factors that determine the infant mortality rate—gestational age-specific infant mortality rates and the percentage of preterm ...
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View Post: Preterm Birth Top Cause of US Infant Mortality
11 Nov 2009
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control sent a strong message to healthcare providers and healthcare reformists - preterm birth (birth before 37 weeks gestation) is the leading cause of infant mortality in the US. ...
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