TY - JOUR T1 - Work targets lagging U.S. infant mortality rate: Nation’s rate has improved, but trails many similar countries JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 1 LP - 12 VL - 43 IS - 8 AU - Charlotte Tucker Y1 - 2013/10/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/43/8/1.1.abstract N2 - In the United States, for every 1,000 babies born, about six die before they reach age 1. On its face, 0.6 percent is a low number — particularly when compared to countries such as Afghanistan, with its 11 percent infant mortality, or South Sudan, at 7 percent. ER -