More U.S. Babies Die First Day Than In Any Industrialized Country in World
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Source: NBC News. com
The U.S. is a worse place for newborns than 68 other countries, including Egypt, Turkey and Peru, according to a report released Tuesday by Save the Children.
A million babies die every year globally on the same day they were born, including more than 11,000 American newborns, the report estimates. Most of them could be saved with fairly cheap interventions, the group says.
The birth of a child should be a time of wonder and celebration. But for millions of mothers and babies in developing countries, it is a dance with death, the report reads. A babys first day is the most dangerous day of lifein the United States and countries rich and poor, it adds
The United States has the highest first-day death rate in the industrialized world. An estimated 11,300 newborn babies die each year in the United States on the day they are born. This is 50 percent more first-day deaths than all other industrialized countries combined..
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Very very sad comment about this country..