31.   Among the areas where goals have been met are reductions in infant mortality, childhood mortality and breast cancer deaths.

32.   And blacks still have two times the infant mortality rate of whites, a gap that has not changed in at least a decade.

33.   And by almost any other common measurement, from life expectancy to infant mortality, Mali sits at or near the bottom of the list for Africa.

34.   And when women of all ages are counted, the state infant mortality rate is half the national average.

35.   And the infant mortality rate is still nearly three times the United States average.

36.   And the tribe has been facing a bleak future with infant mortality rates more closely resembling those of sub-Saharan Africa than the United States.

37.   And they die, in some cases, at a rate double what the federal government has set as the infant mortality goal for the nation.

38.   Articles about cancer, diabetes and infant mortality top the list.

39.   At a time when the poorest countries are experiencing a prolonged life, declining infant mortality and population explosion, Russians are losing not only health but years.

40.   At the same time, black Americans continue to have higher rates of infant mortality and many other indicators of poor health compared to the US average.