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Infant Mortality and Life Expectancy for Selected Countries

Country Infant
mortal-
ity1 		Life
expec-
tancy2
Albania 15.1 77.2
Angola 178.1 38.5
Australia 4.7 81.7
Austria 4.4 79.6
Bangladesh 52.5 69.4
Brazil 21.8 72.2
Canada 5.0 81.3
Chile 7.5 77.5
China 16.5 74.5
Costa Rica 9.7 77.5
Cyprus 9.6 77.6
Czech Republic 3.8 77.0
Denmark 4.3 78.5
Ecuador 20.3 75.5
Egypt 26.2 72.4
Finland 3.4 79.1
France 3.3 81.0
Germany 4.0 79.4
Greece 5.1 79.8
Guatemala 26.9 70.6
Hungary 5.4 74.6
India 49.1 66.5
Iran 43.4 69.7
Ireland 3.9 80.0
Israel 4.2 80.8
Italy 5.4 80.3
Country Infant
mortal-
ity1 		Life
expec-
tancy2
Japan 2.8 82.1
Kenya 53.5 58.8
Korea, South 4.2 78.8
Mexico 17.8 76.2
Mozambique 103.8 41.3
New Zealand 4.8 80.5
Nigeria 92.9 47.2
Norway 3.5 80.0
Pakistan 65.3 65.6
Panama 11.9 77.6
Peru 27.7 71.0
Poland 6.6 75.8
Portugal 4.7 78.4
Russia 10.3 66.1
Slovakia 6.7 75.6
South Africa 43.8 49.2
Spain 3.4 81.0
Sri Lanka 18.1 75.3
Sweden 2.7 80.9
Switzerland 4.1 80.9
Syria 16.1 74.4
United Kingdom 4.7 79.9
United States 6.1 78.2
Venezuela 21.0 73.7
Zimbabwe 30.9 47.5
1. Infant deaths per 1,000 live births.
2. Life expectancy at birth, in years, both sexes.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Database.

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Infant Mortality and Life Expectancy for Selected Countries

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