Yes, Cuba's. Babies are less likely to survive in America, with a health care system that we think is the best in the world, than in impoverished and autocratic Cuba. According to the latest C.I.A. World Factbook, Cuba is one of 41 countries that have better infant mortality rates than the U.S.
But in 2002, it got worse: 7 babies died for each thousand live births, while that rate was 6.8 deaths the year before.
It's simply unacceptable that the average baby is less likely to survive in the U.S. than in Beijing or Havana.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/opinion/12kris.html?oref=login
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