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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (352600)9/28/2007 4:42:59 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1573956
 
You haven't in any way shown that "those differences can't account for the differences in rate".

Just counting the different ways infant morality is measured would proably move the US to about the middle of industrialized countries rather than toward the bottom.

"Inconsistent measurement explains only part of the difference between the U.S. and the rest of the world. Were measurements to be standardized, according to Eberstadt, "America might move from the bottom third toward the middle, but it would be unlikely to advance into the top half." "

nationalcenter.org

Now you might argue that we spend more, so we should do better than in the middle. That at least would be a more accurate point than the claim that the US is horribly at the bottom. But infant mortality is determined by many factors. Health insurance is only one of them.

Also see
Message 23377960
and
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