A New State of the World's Mothers Report released yesterday ranked Nigeria 2nd among the top 10 countries with the most first-day of life deaths. According to the Report not less than 89,700 (9 percent) babies die on their first day of life every year in Nigeria.
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The report, which is 14th in series of the "Save the Children entitled "Surviving the First Day" compared first-day death rates for 186 countries and found that in most countries, children are at greatest risk on the day they are born.
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The report, released yesterday, also ranked Nigeria 169 on the Mothers' Index out of the 186 countries assessed in key areas such as mother's health, education and economic status, as well as critical child indicators of health and nutrition.
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Data from the Report showed that India has the highest number of first-day deaths with 309,300 (29 percent), followed by Pakistan, 59,800 (6 percent).