a newspaper? How about a real citation from a peer reviewed journal, or a CDC report?
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > First, it's shaky ground to compare U.S. infant mortality with reports > from other countries. The United States counts all births as live if > they show any sign of life, regardless of prematurity or size. This > includes what many other countries report as stillbirths. In Austria > and Germany, fetal weight must be at least 500 grams (1 pound) to > count as a live birth; in other parts of Europe, such as Switzerland, > the fetus must be at least 30 centimeters (12 inches) long. In Belgium > and France, births at less than 26 weeks of pregnancy are registered > as lifeless. And some countries don't reliably register babies who die > within the first 24 hours of birth. Thus, the United States is sure to > report higher infant mortality rates. For this very reason, the > Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which collects > the European numbers, warns of head-to-head comparisons by country. > > http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/060924/2healy.htm > > . > > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> All bow before Sam's Scienceness! >> >> care to provide a citation for that Sam? Or is it more gas again. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360265 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
