Only three developed countries have higher infant mortality rates.

CNN: Commentary: Health care can't wait

Ranked at number 23, the UK had fewer women in Parliament and higher maternal and infant mortality rates than much of Europe, Save the Children reported.

BBC: UK fails to make top 20 in mother's index

With rates of infant mortality about 15 times higher than those today, many of your generation did well to make it.

BBC: Go Figure: When was the real baby boom?