devil wrote
Infant mortality which is I believe high in the US has a
significant contribution to these figures.

http://www.oecd.org/document/16/0,23..._1_1_1,00.html
Infant mortality - Deaths per 1000 live births (year 2000)
3.0 Iceland
3.2 Japan
3.4 Sweden
3.8 Finland
3.8 Norway
3.9 Spain
4.1 Czech Republic
4.4 Germany
4.5 Italy
4.6 France
4.8 Austria
4.8 Belgium
4.9 Switzerland
5.1 Luxembourg
5.1 Netherlands
5.2 Australia
5.3 Denmark
5.3 Canada
5.5 Portugal
5.6 United Kingdom
6.1 Greece
6.2 Ireland
6.9 United States
8.1 Poland
8.6 Slovak Republic