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Infant mortality hasn't changed a lot in Western countries since the 1960's. In 1960 it used to be 25 deaths/1000 live births, now it is around 10 but this is n
by DrJokepu 17y ago
Infant mortality hasn't changed a lot in Western countries since the 1960's. In 1960 it used to be 25 deaths/1000 live births, now it is around 10 but this is nothing compared to 100 in 1915; see http://www.marchofdimes.com/images/ihs_img017.gif http://www.marchofdimes.com/images/ihs_img017.gif
- lucumo 17y agoWhat happened in 1965~1966? It was flat since 1955 or so, and then started to decrease again.
- DrJokepu 17y agoThe end of the baby boom, I suppose; the infrastructure was there to take care of a lot more children but since the number of children dropped and the infrastructure wasn't donwsized, the quality of care increased. But that's just a guess.