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Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births in selected countries (estimated data for 2014): Infant mortality rates vary tremendously around the globe. Notice the huge disparities between affluent and least-developed countries. Also notice that the United States has more than twice the infant mortality rate of Norway and Japan.
Data from: World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, Retrieved August 7, 2014.