Think it’s such a great idea to get all those modern interventions?
Look where they’ve gotten us. We’re number 36. We’re DOWN from number 27. That sucks.
http://www.geographyiq.com/ranking/ranking_Infant_Mortality_Rate_aall.htm
| Rank | Country | Value / | Unit |
| 1. | Singapore | 2.28 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 2. | Sweden | 2.77 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 3. | Hong Kong | 2.97 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 4. | Japan | 3.28 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 5. | Iceland | 3.31 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 6. | Finland | 3.59 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 7. | Norway | 3.73 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 8. | Malta | 3.94 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 9. | Czech Republic | 3.97 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 10. | Andorra | 4.05 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 11. | Germany | 4.20 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 12. | France | 4.31 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 13. | Macau | 4.39 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 14. | Switzerland | 4.43 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 15. | Spain | 4.48 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 16. | Slovenia | 4.50 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 17. | Denmark | 4.63 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 18. | Austria | 4.68 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 19. | Australia | 4.76 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| Belgium | 4.76 | deaths/1,000 live births | |
| 21. | Liechtenstein | 4.77 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 22. | Canada | 4.82 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 23. | Luxembourg | 4.88 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 24. | Netherlands | 5.11 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 25. | Portugal | 5.13 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 26. | United Kingdom | 5.22 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 27. | Ireland | 5.50 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 28. | Monaco | 5.53 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 29. | Greece | 5.63 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 30. | San Marino | 5.85 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 31. | New Zealand | 5.96 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 32. | Aruba | 6.02 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 33. | Italy | 6.07 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 34. | Cuba | 6.45 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 35. | Taiwan | 6.52 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 36. | United States | 6.63 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 37. | Croatia | 6.96 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 38. | Lithuania | 7.13 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 39. | Korea, South | 7.18 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 40. | Israel | 7.21 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 41. | Cyprus | 7.36 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 42. | Slovakia | 7.62 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 43. | New Caledonia | 7.89 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 44. | Reunion | 7.95 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 45. | Estonia | 8.08 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 46. | Virgin Islands | 8.21 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 47. | Puerto Rico | 8.37 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 48. | Cayman Islands | 8.41 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 49. | French Polynesia | 8.61 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 50. | Hungary | 8.68 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 51. | Poland | 8.73 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 52. | Bermuda | 8.79 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 53. | Chile | 9.05 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 54. | American Samoa | 9.48 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 55. | Latvia | 9.67 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 56. | Nauru | 10.14 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 57. | Costa Rica | 10.26 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| Kuwait | 10.26 | deaths/1,000 live births | |
| 59. | Netherlands Antilles | 10.37 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 60. | Macedonia | 11.74 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 61. | Uruguay | 12.31 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 62. | French Guiana | 12.46 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 63. | Barbados | 12.61 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 64. | Jamaica | 12.81 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 65. | Fiji | 12.99 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| Tonga | 12.99 | deaths/1,000 live births | |
| 67. | Brunei | 13.05 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 68. | Serbia and Montenegro | 13.43 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 69. | Belarus | 13.62 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 70. | Saudi Arabia | 13.70 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 71. | Saint Lucia | 13.95 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 72. | Grenada | 14.62 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 73. | Dominica | 14.75 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 74. | Sri Lanka | 14.78 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 75. | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14.94 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 76. | United Arab Emirates | 15.06 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 77. | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.24 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 78. | Palau | 15.30 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 79. | Mauritius | 15.57 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 80. | Argentina | 15.66 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 81. | Seychelles | 15.97 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 82. | Greenland | 16.31 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 83. | Russia | 16.96 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 84. | Bahrain | 17.91 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 85. | British Virgin Islands | 18.05 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 86. | Jordan | 18.11 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 87. | Malaysia | 18.35 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 88. | Qatar | 19.32 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 89. | Georgia | 19.34 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 90. | Saint Helena | 19.85 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 91. | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.18 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 92. | Oman | 20.26 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 93. | Ukraine | 20.61 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 94. | Tuvalu | 20.69 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 95. | Panama | 20.95 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 96. | Thailand | 21.14 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 97. | Bulgaria | 21.31 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 98. | Mexico | 21.69 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 99. | Colombia | 21.72 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 100. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.88 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 101. | Anguilla | 21.91 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 102. | Solomon Islands | 22.09 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 103. | Albania | 22.31 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 104. | Venezuela | 22.99 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 105. | Suriname | 24.15 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 106. | Armenia | 24.16 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 107. | Philippines | 24.24 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 108. | Ecuador | 24.49 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 109. | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.64 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 110. | Korea, North | 24.84 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 111. | China | 25.28 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 112. | Lebanon | 25.48 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 113. | Bahamas, The | 25.70 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| Libya | 25.70 | deaths/1,000 live births | |
| 115. | Tunisia | 25.76 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 116. | El Salvador | 25.93 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 117. | Belize | 26.37 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 118. | Paraguay | 26.67 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 119. | Romania | 27.24 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 120. | Samoa | 28.72 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 121. | Honduras | 29.64 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 122. | Vietnam | 29.88 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 123. | Nicaragua | 30.15 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 124. | Marshall Islands | 30.50 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 125. | Kazakhstan | 30.54 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 126. | Syria | 30.60 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 127. | Brazil | 30.66 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 128. | Algeria | 32.16 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 129. | Peru | 32.95 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 130. | Dominican Republic | 33.28 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 131. | Egypt | 33.90 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 132. | Kyrgyzstan | 36.81 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 133. | Indonesia | 36.82 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 134. | Guatemala | 36.91 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 135. | Guyana | 37.22 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 136. | Moldova | 41.00 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 137. | Turkey | 42.62 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 138. | Iran | 42.86 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 139. | Morocco | 43.25 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 140. | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.58 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 141. | East Timor | 48.86 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 142. | Cape Verde | 49.14 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 143. | Kiribati | 49.90 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 144. | Ghana | 52.22 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 145. | Iraq | 52.71 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 146. | Papua New Guinea | 53.15 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 147. | Gabon | 54.34 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 148. | Bolivia | 54.58 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 149. | Mongolia | 55.45 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 150. | Senegal | 56.53 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 151. | Vanuatu | 56.63 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 152. | India | 57.92 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 153. | Maldives | 58.32 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 154. | South Africa | 62.18 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 155. | Kenya | 62.62 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 156. | Yemen | 63.26 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 157. | Sudan | 64.05 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 158. | Bangladesh | 64.32 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 159. | Zimbabwe | 67.08 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 160. | Togo | 67.66 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 161. | Swaziland | 68.35 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 162. | Nepal | 68.77 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 163. | Burma | 68.78 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 164. | Cameroon | 69.18 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 165. | Namibia | 69.58 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 166. | Botswana | 69.98 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 167. | Burundi | 70.40 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 168. | Nigeria | 70.49 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 169. | Uzbekistan | 71.30 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 170. | Mauritania | 72.35 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 171. | Turkmenistan | 73.13 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 172. | Gambia, The | 73.48 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 173. | Cambodia | 73.67 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 174. | Haiti | 74.38 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 175. | Pakistan | 74.43 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 176. | Eritrea | 75.59 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 177. | Comoros | 77.22 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 178. | Madagascar | 78.52 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 179. | Azerbaijan | 82.07 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 180. | Lesotho | 85.22 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 181. | Benin | 85.88 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 182. | Uganda | 86.15 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 183. | Laos | 87.06 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 184. | Equatorial Guinea | 87.08 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 185. | Guinea | 91.82 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 186. | Central African Republic | 92.15 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 187. | Congo, Republic of the | 93.86 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 188. | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 94.69 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 189. | Chad | 94.78 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 190. | Cote d’Ivoire | 97.10 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 191. | Zambia | 98.40 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 192. | Burkina Faso | 98.67 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 193. | Rwanda | 101.68 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 194. | Ethiopia | 102.12 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 195. | Tanzania | 102.13 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 196. | Bhutan | 102.56 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 197. | Malawi | 104.23 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 198. | Djibouti | 105.54 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 199. | Guinea-Bissau | 108.72 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 200. | Tajikistan | 112.10 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 201. | Mali | 117.99 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 202. | Somalia | 118.52 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 203. | Niger | 122.66 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 204. | Liberia | 130.51 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 205. | Mozambique | 137.08 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 206. | Sierra Leone | 145.24 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 207. | Afghanistan | 165.96 | deaths/1,000 live births |
| 208. | Angola |
