Country 1952 2009 Reduction rate
      (1952/2009)
Japan 45.6 2.9 15.72
Canada 35.8 6.3 5.68
USA 32 6.8 4.71
France 31 10.9 2.84
Denmark 34.6 8 4.33
Germany 48.8 5.5 8.87
Hungary 41 7.1 5.78
Italy 51.3 4.5 11.4
Sweden 31.5 4.9 6.43
UK 38.8 8.5 4.57
Netherlands 31.5 5.8 5.43
Australia 31.8 5.9 5.39
New Zealand 31.2 6 5.2
Table 4: Perinatal mortality in Japan compared to some developed countries in the world in 1952 and 2009 [1].