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To: Lane3 who wrote (64719)5/9/2008 4:13:00 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 543106
 
I think in a way our count is more accurate. If a extremely underweight child is born, lives ten hours, and than dies, well the child was born alive.

OTOH while technically more accurate, it could be argued that the other method of counting conveys a more accurate impression of reality. Its not likely that that poor baby died 10 hours later because of faulty medical care.

And if we changed to it, it would make international comparisons easier.



To: Lane3 who wrote (64719)5/9/2008 8:59:25 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 543106
 
A better metric for comparing childhood mortality is the perinatal death rate. The perinatal period commences at 22 completed weeks of gestation and ends seven completed days after birth.

The U.S. perinatal mortality rate is 7 per 1000 live births.

Some other countries:

Canada 6
Cuba 14
Denmark 8
Finland 5
France 7
Germany 6
Ireland 9
Italy 5
Japan 7
Norway 6
Sweden 5

Data from World Health Organization


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