91.   Infant mortality rates have improved in much of the world.

92.   Its economy is strong, sanitation is good and, in much of the country, infant mortality rates are not high.

93.   Japan has among the best health statistics, with the lowest infant mortality rate, in the world, and better health care coverage than the United States.

94.   Literacy rates soared and infant mortality rates plummeted.

95.   Meanwhile, crime, drug use and infant mortality rates were rising, and public housing was deteriorating.

96.   More services for pregnant women no doubt helped decrease the infant mortality rates among blacks, McRoy said.

97.   Most women are giving birth at home now, the doctors said, and there is anecdotal evidence of a big jump in infant mortality.

98.   Mississippi may rank at the bottom in teen-age pregnancy, infant mortality and per-capita income, but it is first in tobacco litigation.

99.   Now, because fewer people go uninsured, the infant mortality rate has dropped and the immunization rate for toddlers is improving.

100.   Once the developing country with the highest literacy rate and lowest infant mortality rate, people now sell their books for food.