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To: JohnM who wrote (109529)	4/16/2005 12:05:11 AM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) of 793625

John, As a professor I am not surprised you don't take my word without data, but I am surprised you take Krugman's or Kristof's and that they are willing to take and believe numbers from dictatorships :-) Is the CDC a good enough source for you? Download: cdc.gov Look specifically at: LFWK33 on Page 1 Overall infant mortality: 6.8 Less than 1,500 Grams: 243.9 Less than 500 Grams: 855.1 500-749 Grams: 476.8 750-999 Grams: 154.2 Now with the raw data I can adjust for the UN standard of 1,000 Grams and get an infant mortality rate of: 3.7. Does this make any impression? Realize I could also adjust for socio-economic, racial and other factors, but don't. At 3.7 we compete favorably with the world and beat most western democracies, let alone brutal dictatorships. And we do this with all of our warts - illegal aliens, uninsured mothers and those with serious drug problems. John@mathrules.com BTW - The superior Cubans had a 6.0 rate. The current CIA list: cia.gov In it Cuba is at 6.33 and the US is reported at an unadjusted 6.5 (this is a 2004 estimate). The data from the CDC used above is real data in 2001.

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