Cuba Has Record Low Infant Mortality

HAVANA TIMES, Jan. 3 – Cuba closed 2010 with an infant mortality rate of 4.5 per 1,000 live births, the lowest in its history, the island’s state-run press reported. Last year also concluded with a birth rate decrease, since there were 2,326 less births than in 2009, which confirms the tendency toward a population reduction in the Caribbean island nation, reported IPS.

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