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Show Births Increase In the United States the number of births increased from 2,513,427 in 1941 to 2,808.996 in 1942. and in Canada Can-ada from 255,317 to 271,981. The rate of infant mortality in the United States declined during this period from 45 to 40 for each 1,000 live births. In Canada the mortality rate was 60 in 1941 and 54 in 1942. The United Kingdom recorded 775,422 births in 1942, the most sines 1931, while its rate of infant mortality, mortal-ity, 52 per 1,000, was the lowest ever recorded in the United Kingdom. |