Last year, 114,632 live births were registered in the 10-million country and only 360 infants died before the age of 12 months, including 218 baby boys and 142 baby girls. Most of the infants died in the first week after birth - 143.
Only 235 of them died by the fourth week of their life. The most frequent causes of Steinmeier discusses Georgia with Scandinavian colleagues ...
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Czechs' opposition to U.S. radar base growing - poll ... death were respiratory diseases, bleeding, and haematological disorders. Along with some Scandinavian countries, Spain and Slovenia, the Czech Republic has been one of the European countries with the lowest infant mortality rate. In 2006, the mortality rate was 3.3 per 1000 live births, or only slightly higher. In 2007, 315 babies were born dead, and the rate was 2.74 per 1000 births, compared to 2.82 per 1000 births in 2006. In the 1950s, 50 to 65 babies were born dead per 1000 births, while in the 1970s the number decreased to approximately 10 per 1000 births.
(Ceske Noviny)
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