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The United States places 28, down from 27 in 2009, out of 32 primarily because its rate for maternal mortality – 1 in 4,800 – is one of the highest in the developed world.A woman in the Unites States is more than five times as likely as a woman in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece or Italy to die from pregnancy-related causes in her lifetime and her risk of maternal death is nearly 10-fold that of a woman in Ireland,” the report said.

The US also scored poorly with childhood mortality. A child in the US is more than twice as likely to die before his fifth birthday as a child in Finland, Iceland, Sweden or Singapore. The “under-five” mortality rate in the US is 1 in 125 births. In Afghanistan, child mortality rates are higher than 1 in 4.

The report also found the US to have the least generous maternity leave policy among developed countries, including both duration of time to be away from work after having a child and the percentage of wages paid during the leave.

Only 61 percent of children were enrolled in preschool, which on this indicator made it the seventh-lowest country in the developed world, it said.

qinger wrote:pre-school的enrollmemt比率低，说明stay-at-home mom的百分比高，看来还是很多家庭单收入可以养家的。记得有篇文章算过，stay-at-home mom的cost平均是1米。