Re: Our Telephonic Primacy
Actually, yes, he does have reason. Many (perhaps most) other countries, even developed ones, use a different standard than the US does in distinguishing between live births and stillbirths. Infant mortality figures apply only to live births which subsequently die, so stillbirths don't count. See
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for more info. For example, almost one-third of US infant deaths happened to very premature babies (less than 1 kg) who wouldn't have even been counted as live births in Switzerland.
Only if they're counted as live births, not stillbirths.
Bob Goudreau Cary, NC
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by BobGoudreau in General Telecommunications Forum
