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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (673)	4/17/2005 2:48:07 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Laz, re infant mortality in the United States: When one factors in premature births, serious life-threatening, congenital defects, etc., it should be noted that we in this country tend to do more with these babies, in hopes that they will survive and grow up healthy, but many do not make it. Generally speaking, other countries do not go to these extremes of treatment. The fact that we do boosts our infant mortality rates and skews the ability to reach conclusions as to meaningfully comparative statistics. It is also necessary to distill the various concepts and definitions used when speaking of "infant mortality." - Holly

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (673)	4/19/2005 9:59:17 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

I believe, as in I think, as in maybe... I read an article in the last few weeks which basically said that moving to US from Mex was not healthy; life span was longer down south for them. I went looking for it, but can't find it, so maybe I am just making it all up. I seem to recall old stuff, like 25 years, that Japanese Americans had a shorter life expectancy than those staying in Japan. Has something to do with getting fat ; Americans like to do that. Slim