U.S. is 33rd in the World in Infant Mortality

Rank	Country	# Infant Deaths
1	Iceland	2.9
2	Singapore	3.0
3	Japan	3.2
4	Sweden	3.2
5	Norway	3.3
6	Hong Kong	3.7
7	Finland	3.7
8	Czech Republic	3.8
9	Switzerland	4.1
10	South Korea	4.1
11	Belgium	4.2
12	France	4.2
13	Spain	4.2
14	Germany	4.3
15	Denmark	4.4
16	Austria	4.4
17	Australia	4.4
18	Luxembourg	4.5
19	Netherlands	4.7
20	Israel	4.7
21	Slovenia	4.8
22	United Kingdom	4.8
23	Canada	4.8
24	Republic of Ireland	4.9
25	Italy	5.0
26	Portugal	5.0
27	New Zealand	5.0
28	Cuba	5.1
29	Channel Islands	5.2
30	Brunei	5.5
31	Cypress	5.9
32	New Caldonia	6.1
33	United States	6.3
34	Croatia	6.4
35	Malta	6.5
36	Martinique	6.6
37	Poland	6.7
38	Greede	6.7
39	Guadeloupe	6.8
40	Hungary	6.8
41	Slovakia	6.9
42	Macau	7.0
43	Chile	7.2
44	Estoria	7.2
45	Puerto Rico	7.2
46	French Polynesia	8.0
47	Quwait	8.1
48	United Arab Emirates	8.2
49	Qatar	8.2
50	Lithuania	8.5
51	U.S. Virgin Islands	8.6
52	Malasia	8.9
53	Guam	9.0
54	Belarus	9.4
55	Costa Rica	9.9
56	Barbados	10.1
57	Latvia	10.4
58	Thailand	10.6
59	Sri Lanka	11.0
60	Bahrain	11.2
61	Serbia	11.7
62	Bulgaria	11.8
63	Boznia & Herzegovina	12.0
64	Oman	12.3
65	Trinidad & Tobago	12.4
66	St. Lucia	12.6
67	Ukraine	12.8
68	Uruguay	13.1
69	Reunion	13.4
70	French Guiana	13.4
71	Argentina	13.4
72	Jamaica	13.6
73	Bahamas	13.8
74	Maritius	14.0
75	Republic of Macedonia	14.8
76	Netherlands Antilles	14.8
77	Romania	14.8
78	Moldovia	14.9
79	Syria	16.0
80	Belize	16.4
81	Russia	16.6
82	Mexico	16.7
83	Aruba	17.0
84	Venezuela	17.0
85	Palestinian Territories	17.5
86	Lybia	18.0
87	Panama	18.2
88	Tonga	18.6
89	Saudia Arabia	18.6
90	Colombia	19.1
91	Albania	19.2
92	Jordan	19.4
93	Vietnam	19.5
94	Fiji	19.5
95	Tunisia	19.8
96	Ecuador	21.1
97	Peru	21.2
98	Nicaragua	21.5
99	El Salvador	21.5
100	Lebanon	22.0
101	Montenegro	22.3
102	Samoa	22.3
103	China	23.0
104	Phillippines	23.1
105	St. Vincent & Grenadines	23.3
106	Brazil	23.6
107	Kazakhstan	24.1
108	Cape Verde	24.6
109	Indonesia	24.6
110	Turkey	27.5
111	Suriname	27.7
112	Honduras	28.2
113	Vanuata	28.3
114	Armenia	28.9
115	Egypt	29.3
116	Dominican Republic	29.6
117	Guatemala	30.1
118	Morocco	30.6
119	Iran	30.6
120	Algeria	31.1
121	Paraguay	32.0
122	Grenada	33.8
123	Micronesia, Federated St.	34.1
124	Maldives	34.1
125	Georgia	37.8
126	Mongolia	39.8
127	Namibia	42.3
128	Guyana	42.9
129	Western Sahara	44.2
130	South Africa	44.8
131	Bhutan	45.0
132	Bolivia	45.6
133	Botswana	46.5
134	North Korea	48.2
135	Comoros	48.4
136	Haiti	48.8
137	Laos	51.4
138	Bangladesh	52.5
139	Krygyzstan	53.1
140	Gabon	53.8
141	Nepal	53.9
142	Solomon Islands	54.5
143	India	55.0
144	Uzbekistan	55.0
145	Eritrea	55.3
146	Ghana	55.6
147	Zimbabwe	58.0
148	Yemen	58.6
149	Tajikistan	60.2
150	Papua New Guinea	60.7
151	Cambodia	62.7
152	Mauritania	63.0
153	Kenya	64.4
154	Lesotho	64.6
155	Sudan	64.9
156	Madagascar	65.5
157	Senegal	65.7
158	Myanmar	66.0
159	East Timor	66.7
160	Pakistan	67.5
161	Congo	70.3
162	Swaziland	71.0
163	Sao Tome & Principe	72.3
164	Azerbeijan	72.3
165	Tanzania	72.6
166	Gambia	72.2
167	Turkmenistan	74.7
168	Uganda	76.9
169	Iraq	81.5
170	Djibouti	85.3
171	Ethiopia	86.9
172	Cameroon	87.5
173	Togo	88.6
174	Malaway	89.4
175	Equitorial Guinea	92.3
176	Zambia	92.7
177	Mozambique	95.9
178	Central African Republic	96.8
179	Benin	98.0
180	Burundi	99.4
181	Guinea	102.5
182	Burkina Faso	104.4
183	Nigeria	109.5
184	Niger	110.8
185	Rwanda	112.4
186	Guinea-Bissau	112.7
187	Conga, Dem Republic	113.5
188	Somolia	116.3
189	Cote d'lvoire	116.9
190	Chad	119.2
191	Mali	128.5
192	Angola	131.9
193	Liberia	132.5
194	Afghanisan	157.0
195	Sierra Leone	160.3

Yes, the United States rates a SHOCKING 33rd in the world! That means, 32 other countries have lower infant mortality rates than the United States, even though we supposedly have the best medical health care in the world! Why is this the case? One has to stop and consider why. Is all this pitocin induction, electronic fetal monitoring, ultrasound examination, epidural anesthesia, forceps delivery and cesarean section helping to increase the number of live births? Is being in the hospital for birth safer than being at home? Is intervening frequently into the birth process and trying to medically manage birth resulting in better birth outcomes?

One might argue, there really isn't much difference between 2.9 and 6.3, only about three deaths per thousand. However, in a highly populated country like the United States (275,562,673), three deaths per thousand means there are a lot more infant deaths in the United States each year than Iceland.