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Infant mortalities in the US is on the decline (or at least it used to). In 1900, infant mortality rate was 100 deaths per 1000 live births. A hundred years after, in 2000, the rate was 6.86 per 1000 live births. However, this decline seems to have leveled off and the rate in 2005 is [...]
This study published in the September issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health compared the use of psychotropic medications – drugs that affect psychological function – among children ages 0 to 19 years old in the US, Germany, and the Netherlands. These drugs are for prescription use and include antidepressants, stimulants, tranquilizers, antipsychotics [...]
The rates of pregnancy among US teenagers have dropped from 1990 to 2004, according to a recent report by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Pregnancy rates among women below 20 years old was 15% in 1990 but dropped to 12% in 2004. Abortion rates also dropped by 24% during this period.
However, preliminary statistics [...]
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