The infant mortality rate (the number of babies that die during the first year of their life) is
A. only high in low-income mothers.
B. attributable largely to birth defects and SIDS.
C. lower in the United States than in most other industrialized countries.
D. higher in the United States than ever before.
Answer: B
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