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To: TimF who wrote (64723)	5/9/2008 4:27:49 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543138

Tim - am not sure i am tracking the gist of y'all's exchange, so if the thought that occured to me is off-base, mea culpa. but... got me wondering if a different sort of count could be done but that would cover 'problem' births still. a child born with a defect that allows to live only a short span is different than seriously underweight births, which at times are a result of poor prenatal care, sometimes a result of the situation of the mother. so that can be a negative in terms of... what is the rate of healthy births that reflect good care of mother and child during pregancy. if other countries count as live births those who can actually survive a few hours or days... seems to me they aren't giving a true reflection of the state of things. if am reading what you've posted right, the american way of counting is more accurate. i'd rather see other countries change to the same, rather than change ours to bump up stats that would then give us a happy feeling but be a drawback in dealing with issues of prenatal care that might need to be addressed. or something like that