US among worst in world for infant death
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071111/ap_on_he_me/saving_the_smallest_us_picture"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20071106/capt.a8bb4a687b6e40fcb5f62f0e712d5f3e.infant_mortality_gfx193.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=pnGRJmgk4aMXIZwpKysSOw--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="ADVANCE FOR NOV. 11; graphic shows 2006 infant mortality in Tennessee by county and annual numbers by race for Shelby County and state since 1990; 2c x 5 1/4 inches; 96.3 mm x 133.4 mm" border="0" /></a>AP - The rate at which infants die in the United States has dropped substantially over the past half-century, but broad disparities remain among racial groups, and the country stacks up poorly next to other industrialized nations.</p><br clear="all"/>

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