If Guilford County, North Carolina Were a Country It would Be NamibiaA child born here has about the same chances of dying on her first day as a child in Namibia.
Fewer Newborns are Dying Worldwide than Ever Before, But USA Ranks Appalingly Low on Global Infant Survival StudyHere in the USA, our infant mortality rate is 4.3 per 1,000 live births. That puts us on par with Croatia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and behind Cuba and Poland.