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To: Ish who wrote (134278)	5/24/2004 7:38:07 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

I meant per year. Typo. I'm not perfect like Kerry. Don't worry.. They're only statistics... They don't really mean anything... Just ask the peaceniks out here... Hawk

To: Ish who wrote (134278)	5/25/2004 8:33:36 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I meant per year. Typo. I'm not perfect like Kerry. Little typos occur from time to time. That was [all but over and ?] 100,000 Iraqi kids were dying every [year]. I like statistics, particularly when I understand how they were calculated and what the context is. I think the stat you refer to was over a ten year period that included before and after the oil for food program. It's an average rather than an every year. It was estimated that 1/2 of the deaths were preventable. It was also more complicated than just a fix with the oil for food program. The infrastructure of Iraq was crumbling due to the embargo. The oil for food program didn't do anything for the infrastructure which affected drinkable water for example. One of the more puzzling aspects [for me] were the overall statistics of death rates by country. While children and elderly are more suspectible to changing environment, it seems like overall death rate should be an important consideration. Particularly if one has humanitarian concerns. os-connect.com Below is the top ten, sorted by descending death rates...[numbers below the country name are: birth rate, death rate, and difference 1 Angola 46.89 25.01 21.88 2 Mozambique 37.99 23.29 14.70 3 Niger 51.45 23.17 28.28 4 Malawi 38.49 22.44 16.05 5 Zimbabwe 25.00 22.43 2.57 6 Botswana 29.63 22.08 7.55 7 Zambia 41.90 22.08 19.82 8 Rwanda 34.78 20.95 13.83 9 Swaziland 40.64 20.40 20.24 10 Sierra Leone 45.63 19.58 26.05 Iraq doesn't make it to the top 10. Iraq isn't even close to the top 10...Iraq is 155 at 6.4 deaths/1000. 1/3 the death rate of Sierra Leone. BTW, the death rate in the US is 8.7/1000 [105 on the list] os-connect.com It seems to me that if your point is a humanitarian concern, you've got a long list of countries that should be addressed before you get to Iraq. Why wouldn't you be waving your arms, jumping up and down, over the humanitarian issue for the top 10? Those that have at least triple the death rate in Iraq. jttmab