Death rates in the 20th century 1 year old. In 1999, at the end of the century, the infant mortality rate in the United States declined more than 90% to 7.2 deaths per 1,000 live births. Similarly, maternal mortality rates declined almost 99% to less than 0.1 reported deaths per 1,000 live births. There are a variety of causes for this steep decline in death rates in the 20th century: Despite these tremendous decreases in infant mortality and maternal mortality, the 20th century experienced significant disparities between minority death rates compared to death rates for white mothers. In the 1900s, black women were twice as likely
Great Pianists of the 20th Century – Martha Argerich 2 in C minor, BWV 826 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26±± ± London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado ±± Berlin Philharmoniker conducted by Claudio Abbado ±±± RSO Berlin conducted by Riccardo Chailly Great Pianists of the 20th Century – Martha Argerich Great Pianists of the 20th Century – Martha Argerich is the second volume of the Great Pianists of the 20th Century box set and is the first of two volumes dedicated to her. The album features music by the composers Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Liszt, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Maurice Ravel. The works