The estimated 18 to 20 percent of pregnant women who smoke throughout their pregnancies subject themselves and their fetuses and newborns to significant health risks, including miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm delivery, low birth weight infants, and higher rates of infant mortality. ... The risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) increases among infants who are exposed to intrauterine smoke and to secondhand smoke after pregnancy. ... Females appear to be more susceptible to the effects of tobacco carcinogens than males. ...

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Norwegians life expectancy shows an average age of 79.3 of male and 83.5 of female. Compared to the United States with the infant mortality of 5.8 percent, Norway was estimated for 3.0 percent, which is nearly twice of America. ... In 2013, 147 children died under the age of one with boys having the lowest infant mortality rate. ...

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