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Re: [xmca] Infant Mortality - Cuba and others

Ulvi, thank you for your note and link on this. It got me looking for a few minutes at the Wikipedia on infant mortality rates, a traditional measurement for modern social progress, and reflecting on what "4.8 per 1000" really means. It means a lot! And to me, Cuba's accomplishment means even more than just the many, many lives saved. Cuba's accomplishment also points to new ways of understanding, creating and practicing medical care as a fundamental human right for all. 

- Steve


On Jan 4, 2010, at 3:08 AM, ulvi icil wrote:


http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2010/01/04/nacional/artic02.html
In my country, this rate was 67 per 1000 in 1990 ! In 2007 , it dropped to 
27 per 1000.

In 1960, it was 37.3 per 1000 in Cuba !

Today, 4.8 per 1000

Ulvi
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