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The Best - and Worst - Places to Be a Mother

by Tom Henderson, Posted May 4th 2011 3:30PM

Norway is the number one place to raise a child. Credit: Corbis
Forget what you read in the brochures. Afghanistan is a horrible place to settle down and raise a family. Niger isn't much better. What you ...Save the Children rates countries for their treatment of women and children.
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C-Sections Rise, Teen Birth Rate Falls in 2008

by Monique El-Faizy, Posted Dec 20th 2010 12:01AM

Teen birth rates are down, but more older women are having babies. Credit: Getty Images Americans had fewer babies in 2008, but more of them were delivered by cesarean section -- up to nearly a third, and more of them were born to older ...A survey also found that the the number of women between 40 and 49 having babies went up.
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World Death Rate for Children Younger Than 5 Sees Drop

by Tom Henderson, Posted May 24th 2010 6:20PM

Some 4 million children -- who might not have survived childhood had they the misfortune of being born about 10 years earlier -- will not die this year. Worldwide death rates among children younger than 5 dropped about 2 percent between 1990 and ...
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