Infant Mortality Rates World Wide

                                                        Infant Deaths/
Country                   2001     1987    1000 Births 2001

Sweden                      1           4                 3.47

Iceland                       2           2                 3.56

Singapore                   3         15                 3.62

Japan                         4          1                  3.88

Finland                       5          3                  3.79

Norway                      6         11                 3.94

Netherlands               7          9                  4.37

Austria*                     8         27                 4.44

France                        9         10                 4.46

Macao                       10        28T               4.47

Switzerland              11          5                 4.48

Belgium                    12         16T              4.70

Germany                   13     E18,W19         4.71

Luxembourg             14         14                 4.77

Spain                        15         22                 4.92

Australia                   16         20                 4.97

Canada                     17          7T                5.02

Denmark                   18         7T                 5.04

Hong Kong                19          6                  5.83

Ireland                      20         12T               5.53

United Kingdom        21         16T               5.54

Italy                          22         26                 5.84

New Zealand             23         25                 6.28

United States            24         24                 6.76

Taiwan                      25         12T               6.93

Israel                        26         32                 7.72

Cyprus                      27                             7.89

Reunion                    28                             8.49

Netherlands Antilles 29        22T              11.40

Brunei                       30                           14.40

Antigua/Barbados    31        22T             22.33

This information was taken from the ALACE Childbirth Education Manual (Chapter 1, page 59).

* It is interesting to note that Austria went from #27 to #8.  This country has a socialized medical system and rewards people financially for keeping all their prenatal and post-partum appointments.  At the first prenatal contact, all appointments are made for the entire pregnancy.