Comments on: State’s infant mortality rate lowest in the nation http://mylocalhealthguide.com/2010/07/31/states-infant-mortality-rate-lowest-in-the-nation/ Your source for Seattle health news and information Wed, 16 May 2012 23:56:45 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michael McCarthy/Editor http://mylocalhealthguide.com/2010/07/31/states-infant-mortality-rate-lowest-in-the-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-1118 Michael McCarthy/Editor Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:39:12 +0000 http://mylocalhealthguide.com/?p=14487#comment-1118 Here's an informative graph from a study by the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study: Behind International Rankings of Infant Mortality: How the United States Compares with Europe and several other nations. <img src="http://mylocalhealthguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/CDC.png" alt="CDC Chart of infant mortality rates in Europe and the U.S." /> To read the full study go <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db23.htm#findings" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Here’s an informative graph from a study by the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study: Behind International Rankings of Infant Mortality: How the United States Compares with Europe and several other nations.

CDC Chart of infant mortality rates in Europe and the U.S.

To read the full study go here.

]]> By: Mark England http://mylocalhealthguide.com/2010/07/31/states-infant-mortality-rate-lowest-in-the-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-1117 Mark England Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:07:16 +0000 http://mylocalhealthguide.com/?p=14487#comment-1117 Sweden's infant mortality rate is only 2.3 per thousand so I am not sure why having one 3 times higher is anything great? Sweden’s infant mortality rate is only 2.3 per thousand so I am not sure why having one 3 times higher is anything great?

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