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
Icelandic basketball team of the 20th century Icelandic basketball team of the 20th century The Team of the 20th Century in Icelandic basketball was chosen in 2001. The selection of the men's team was made by a 50-person panel while a 25-person panel selected the women's team. Player of the century<br> Pétur Guðmundsson Starting five<br> F - Valur Ingimundarson<br> F - Teitur Örlygsson<br> C - Pétur Guðmundsson<br> G - Jón Sigurðsson<br> G - Jón Kr. Gíslason Bench<br> G - Þorsteinn Hallgrímsson<br> F - Torfi Magnússon<br> F - Símon Ólafsson<br> G - Kolbeinn Pálsson<br> C - Einar Bollason<br> F - Guðmundur Bragason<br> G - Pálmar Sigurðsson Player of