Behind International Rankings of Infant Mortality: How the United States Compares with Europe
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Behind international rankings of infant mortality: how the United States compares with Europe.
In 2005, the United States ranked 30th in the world in infant mortality. Infant mortality rates for preterm (<37 weeks of gestation) infants are lower in the United States than in most European countries; however, infant mortality rates for infants born at 37 or more weeks of gestation are higher in the United States than in most European countries. One in 8 births in the United States were pre...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Health Services
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0020-7314,1541-4469
DOI: 10.2190/hs.40.4.a