INFANT MORTALITY – AN INDICATOR OF LIFE QUALITY, OF LIVING STANDARD – INDICATOR OF PRIORITY OFWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Abstract:
Infant mortality is a basic indicator of child’s
health and mother’s; it is a key indicator of the socioeconomic
status and of the environment of a human
community. The level and dynamics of infant mortality
are a social, economic and cultural determinism. The
analysis of infant mortality dynamics at world level
reveals a decrease of this one in the last century and
especially in the last 20 years.
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