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To: tejek who wrote (342494)	8/30/2007 10:17:11 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) of 1583823

The US and those countries don't count live births the same way. Which distorts the comparison of both the infant mortality rates and average longevity. The US counts every birth exhibiting any sign of life as a live birth, regardless of the birth weight or month of gestation. Most other countries don't. ..Germany and Austria, fetal weight must reach one pound to be counted as a live birth, while in some other countries, including Switzerland, the baby must be at least 12 inches long. Both Belgium and France report babies as born lifeless if they are less than 26 weeks' gestation. Thats from the wikipedia article on infant mortality. Bottom line, many infant deaths counted here would be still births, miscarriages elsewhere. And re. average longevity, counting more zero longevity's drags down the average longevity.

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