In a comparison of infant mortality rates, in 2006 the United States

A. had one of the lowest rates of infant deaths in the world.
B. improved its position from number 6 to number 3 in a decade.
C. slipped from having the lowest rate to being number 2.
D. ranked near the bottom on a list of industrialized nations.


Answer: D

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