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Old 08-14-2009, 06:04 PM   #39
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Originally Posted by Patricia View Post
And isn't it just a little bit strange that the USA - the richest country on this earth - has higher infant mortality rates than Cuba?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/health/07stat.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/GlobalH...ory?id=1266515
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...mortality_rate
I would bet serious money that what the US labels as a premature birth Cuba calls a spontaneous abortion. If not that then I suspect the statistics are biased in similar manner.
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