© 2000 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 12, 963,
June 21, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press
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Does the U.S. Embargo Affect Cuban Health Care?
The average life expectancy in Cuba is almost 76, about the same as in the United States. And at 9 deaths per 1,000 newbornsdown from 70 at the outset of the Castro regime 41 years agothe countrys infant mortality rate is impressively low.
Moreover, Cuba now boasts more than 30,000