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Infant Mortality and the HDI
Geoff Riley
6th November 2015
Infant mortality is measured by the probability of dying between birth and exactly age 1, expressed per 1,000 live births. The data for countries matched against their HDI score for 2013 is shown in the chart below.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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