Infant Mortality in the U.S. and Canada

www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html

▸ Canadian infant mortality statistics can be found at

www.statcan.ca/start/html

www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cphr-rspc03

▸ The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) uses data collected in annual report cards from its Innocenti Research Centre. The first report card was published in June 2000, and—along with more recent report cards—can be accessed at

www.unicef-icdc.org/publications

▸ Simon Hales, M.B., and colleagues published the results of their study of the relationship among infant mortality, gross national product, and income distribution (Lancet 1999;354:2047).