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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Brazil: 62 deaths 
#2   United States: 24 deaths 
#3   Mexico: 19 deaths 
#4   Korea, South: 16 deaths 
#5   Kyrgyzstan: 12 deaths 
#6   South Africa: 10 deaths 
#7   Dominican Republic: 8 deaths 
#8   Ecuador: 8 deaths 
#9   Peru: 7 deaths 
#10   Colombia: 5 deaths 
#11   Georgia: 5 deaths 
#12   Romania: 4 deaths 
#13   Venezuela: 4 deaths 
#14   Panama: 3 deaths 
#15   Croatia: 2 deaths 
#16   Argentina: 2 deaths 
#17   Hungary: 2 deaths 
#18   Spain: 2 deaths 
#19   Nicaragua: 1 deaths 
#20   Paraguay: 1 deaths 
#21   Latvia: 1 deaths 
#22   Chile: 1 deaths 
#23   Iceland: 1 deaths 
#24   Costa Rica: 1 deaths 
#25   Slovakia: 1 deaths 
#26   Cuba: 1 deaths 
#27   Puerto Rico: 1 deaths 
#28   Denmark: 1 deaths 
#29   Japan: 1 deaths 
#30   Egypt: 1 deaths 
#31   Lithuania: 1 deaths 
#32   Estonia: 1 deaths 
#33   Moldova: 1 deaths 
#34   Germany: 1 deaths 
#35   New Zealand: 1 deaths 
#36   Australia: 1 deaths 
#37   Poland: 1 deaths 
#38   Canada: 1 deaths 
#39   Sweden: 1 deaths 
Total: 216 deaths  
Weighted average: 5.5 deaths  


DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
  • Other birth injuries
  • Birth injury to liver
  • Birth injury to spleen
  • Sternomastoid injury due to birth injury
  • Birth injury to eye
  • Birth injury to

SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System

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NOTES: These statistics are derived from official causes of death detailed on certificates of death by each country. Rather than being a true indicator of the number of deaths attributed to a particular cause, mortality statistics reveal more about a particular country's reporting processes.

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