Income inequality and child mortality in wealthy nations Britain has the second-highest child death rate among 24 of the world's richest countries, according to a Dundee University analysis of data from Unicef on child mortality and income inequality. The UK has 6.5 deaths of children under five per 1,000 children, while the US has eight deaths per 1,000. The lowest death rate for under-fives was in Sweden at 3.25, followed by Iceland, Norway and Denmark, Japan and Finland. France, the Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland have 5.5 per 1,000. The study also found that the gap between the richest and poorest families in the UK was the third-largest. Collison, D et al. Journal of Public Health, online 13 March 2007.
Income inequality and child mortality in wealthy nations Britain has the second-highest child death rate among 24 of the world's richest countries, according to a Dundee University analysis of data from Unicef on child mortality and income inequality. The UK has 6.5 deaths of children under five per 1,000 children, while the US has eight deaths per 1,000. The lowest death rate for under-fives was in Sweden at 3.25, followed by Iceland, Norway and Denmark, Japan and Finland. France, the Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland have 5.5 per 1,000. The study also found that the gap between the richest and poorest families in the UK was the third-largest.
Collison, D et al. Journal of Public Health, online 13 March 2007.
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