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Old 08-14-2009, 06:42 PM   #53
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UK:
4.8 deaths of infants under one year old, per thousand live births.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...mortality_rate
[Figures from the CIA World Factbook, April 2009 update.]
In the UK it counts as a birth if the infant draws a single breath.

The USA figure appears to be 6.3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_mortality
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