I think that’s per 100 live births, not per 1000.
Unfortunately.
I think you are right it is 30 or so per 100 births, but some places were saying 30 per 1000 births.
I actually found that forbes article a while ago, and I thought 42 per 100 in 2012 Russia was really super high (not compared to previous decades in Russia of course). When some places were saying 30 per 100 in the US I was really horrified, I thought it was more like 30 per 1000 or something.
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