Infant mortality- A rebuttal
Friday, January 14, 2005 - 09:38 AM
James Taranto takes issue with Nicholas Kristof's conclusions about America's, Cuba's and China's comparative infant mortality rates--though not with Kristof's facts.
Taranto notes that the 2002 jump in American infant mortality followed nearly fifty years of declining rates, and that the jump may be attributable (in part) to the complications that result when older women decide to have babies. No stats have yet been released for 2003 or 2004.
THE CIA WORLD FACTBOOK ON INFANT MORTALITY
China: 25.28 deaths/1,000 live births
Cuba: 6.45 deaths/1,000 live births
United States: 6.63 deaths/1,000 live births
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