Since the US is the greatest, most advanced place on earth I was curious to see how it compares to Greece on certain statistics
Infant mortality rate:
CIA: US
total: 6.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 7.46 deaths/1,000 live births
CIA: Greece
total: 6.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 6.64 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
CIA: US
total population: 77.14 years
female: 80.05 years (2003 est.)
male: 74.37 years
CIA: Greece
total population: 78.89 years
female: 81.65 years (2003 est.)
male: 76.32 years
Literacy:
CIA: US
total population: 97%
female: 97% (1979 est.)
male: 97%
CIA: Greece
total population: 97.5%
total population: 97.5%
female: 96.5% (2003 est.)
male: 98.6%
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