Infant mortality and life expectancy in China are now

a. ?on a par with those of other developing countries.
b. ?only slightly below those of the industrialized nations.
c. ?a major cause of economic losses.
d. ?rising at the same rate.
e. ?rising steadily but slowly.


ANSWER:
b

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