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In an analysis of global infant mortality conducted by Save the Children, Japan is found to have the lowest newborn death rate, 1.8 per 1,000. Four countries tied for second place with 2 per 1,000 : the Czech Republic, Finland, Iceland and Norway. Among 33 industrialized nations, the United States is tied with Hungary, Malta, Poland and Slovakia with a death rate of nearly 5 per 1,000 babies. |
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