| 31. | Indonesia has cut its infant mortality rate in half since 1980.
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| 32. | Afghanistan has the second highest infant mortality rate in the world.
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| 33. | And Southern states crowd the top of the list of highest infant mortality rates.
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| 34. | Tribal infant mortality rates are twice as high as the rest of the population.
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| 35. | The infant mortality rate for blacks is still more than twice that of whites.
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| 36. | And the infant mortality rate is still nearly three times the United States average.
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| 37. | The increase in infant mortality rates is a tragedy that could have been averted,
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| 38. | The infant mortality rate is comparable to those of the poorest countries in Africa.
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| 39. | But the black infant mortality rate is almost double that, at 13 . 7.
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| 40. | Infant mortality rates have improved in much of the world.
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