Infant mortality rates by country the last 60 years

The infant mortality rate (IMR) is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. The infant mortality rate of the world is 49.4 according to the United Nations and 42.09 according to the CIA World Factbook.


Infant mortality rates by country the last 60 years:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_mortality_rate


The next 8 countries had lower Infant mortality rates then USA, during 1950:

Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, United Kingdom.

These countries still have lower Infant mortality rates today.

Those are usually highly developed countries with free medical services.

Most other countries with low mortality rates today have free medical services ( Countries members of Europen union ).



Even if infants survive the first year, they still have chance to die the next 12 - 18 years, before they get a chance to reproduce.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy


This is a list of countries by life expectancy at birth, the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Each entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list. The figures reflect the quality of healthcare in the countries listed as well as other factors including ongoing wars and HIV/AIDS infections. Figures are from the CIA World Factbook 2009[1] and from the 2006 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for 2005–2010.[2] Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2007 are included in the United Nations list.

The life expectancy at birth of the world is 67.2 years (65.0 years for males and 69.5 years for females) for 2005–2010, according to United Nations World Population Prospects 2006 Revision and 66.57 years (64.52 years for males and 68.76 years for females) for 2009 according to CIA World Factbook 2009.

Many of the countries with the lowest life expectancies, namely Swaziland, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, the Central African Republic, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau, are suffering from very high rates of HIV/AIDS infection, with adult prevalence rates ranging from 10 to 38.8 percent.[3] In countries with high infant mortality rates, the life expectancy at birth will be lower, and may not reflect the life expectancy of a person who has survived his or her first year of life.

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