infant mortality and TB statistics

Dear colleagues,


I received several mails regarding my posting of the mentioned statistics.
So, here is a brief clarification:

Please consider that

1)      the 10 best countries in the world according to the TB statistics
were:


        Barbados        
        Malta   
        Pakistan        
        Iceland 
        Grenada 
        Norway  
        Jamaica 
        New Zealand     
        Sweden  
        Cyprus  
        Canada  
        
2)      the best performers according to the infant mortality rate statistic
are:


        Norway  
        Sweden  
        Japan   
        Finland 
        Singapore       
        Australia       
        Iceland 
        Netherlands     
        France  
        Switzerland     
        Germany 
        
3)      TB statistics usually refer to cases per 100 000 inhabitants. Also
consider the decimal point, i.e. in the worst performing country, Djibouti,
there are almost 600 cases per 100 000 inhabitants
4)      Infant mortality rates refer usually to infant deaths aged 0 - 1 per
life births and year

A look at the really fantastic UNDP statistics website gives you further
access to data and definitions:



http://www.undp.org/hdro/highlights/statistics.html
<http://www.undp.org/hdro/highlights/statistics.html> 


Kindest regards

Arno Tausch