So I read that to say the US has much more preterm births so it has a higher imr.
In other words, while the death rate appears higher, many more lives are given a chance and surviving. . On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > EU countries, in general, do follow WHO reporting guidelines. There can be > some variations, of course, but those are considered pretty minor. I was > just recently reading up on this in talking with my wife, who is a doula > and a La Leche League leader, so it's a topic of interest to us. > > Here's the CDC run down on infant mortality rates and explains why the > reporting is comparable and also provides data analysis that excludes > things like births before 22 weeks that might be included in some countries > and excluded in others. > > http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db23.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:360268 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
