21. Nepal has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Asia. 22. Romania has the highest maternal mortality rate in Europe. 23. The highest maternal mortality rate is found in Eastern and Western African countries. 24. They said that was the highest mortality rate ever experienced at the orphanage because the facility experienced heating problems during an exceptionally cold winter. 25. They consistently have the highest poverty and disease rates, highest infant mortality rates and shortest life spans of any Australian group. 26. They are the poorest and least healthy minority group with the shortest average life spans and highest infant mortality, rivaling rates in the most desperate third world nations. 27. This is one of the highest infant mortality rates on the continent. 28. The highest mortality rates recorded are in east and west Africa. |