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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: unclewest who wrote (48716)6/4/2004 4:25:44 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793900
 
I wonder if there is an education or other rational reason why the poor get 90% (estimated...not my number) of these procedures.

I don't know that anyone knows what the actual numbers are. CDC doesn't have them. I think, though, that it stands to reason that the poor would have more of these procedures. The poor typically don't get the same health care, don't get the same pre-natal care, and may be presenting to a doctor for the first time when they're close to delivery. So it's logical that they would have more problems, bigger problems, and discover them later. It's also more likely that the poor would be drug abusers and their pregnancies would suffer the consequences of that. I don't know that that would explain a ninety percent figure, if that's really the percentage, but it would surely explain a disproportionate number.
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