Worldwide infant deaths 
per 1,000 live births

Africa 91
North America 7
Latin America 43
Asia 62
Oceania 24
Europe 6
NORTHERN EUROPE
Denmark 5.4
Estonia 15.0
Finland 4.7
Iceland 3.4
Ireland 5.9
Latvia 19.0
Lithuania 14.0
Norway 5.2
Sweden 4.4
United Kingdom 6.2
WESTERN EUROPE
Austria 5.5
Belgium 7.6
France 6.1
Germany 5.5
Liechtenstein 5.6
Luxembourg 5.3
Netherlands 5.5
Switzerland 5.1
EASTERN EUROPE
Belarus 13
Bulgaria 15.5
Czech Republic 7.9
Hungary 11.5
Moldava 23.0
Poland 13.5
Romania 23.9
Russia 18.0
Slovakia 11.2
Ukraine 14.0
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Albania 33.2
Bosnia­Herzegovina ??
Croatia 10.2
Greece 8.3
Italy 8.3
Macedonia 24.1
Malta 9.1
Portugal 7.9
Slovenia 6.5
Spain 7.2
Serbia, Montenegro 18.6
Turkey 47.0
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