High infant mortality rate wouldn't surprise me for the USA.
Think about it. It has one of the most privatised health services I know of. If you haven't got money, you can't get an ambulance/bed/blood test.
Of course, if abortions are included in the figures then it's not giving true information. The other things mentioned {Still-born, SIDS, general death} should give a better figure for compairing. I believe the cut-off for "Infant" in stats like these is around 2 years old.
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