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Re: El whats' maternal mortatilty in your neck of the woods. From: Dr Eberhard Lisse (el@lisse.NA) Sat Sep 8 19:11:53 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: El whats' maternal mortatilty in your neck of the woods." Previous message: westsidebirthservice@juno.com: "Re: Dying in ER was Maternal Mortality Rate In U.S. Highest In Decades" In reply to: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "El whats' maternal mortatilty in your neck of the woods." Next in thread: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: El whats' maternal mortatilty in your neck of the woods." Reply: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: El whats' maternal mortatilty in your neck of the woods." John, We have no figures about the Maternal Mortality in Namibia. The UN applies a model that suggests 190 in 100000, however we have about 100000 deliveries in the country per annum and if we had that many, ie more than 3 a week a week, we would have heard about it. In the big State Hospitals its something like 3-6 a year. In Private Practice (O&G and GP) I would guesstimate about 1 maternal death per year countrywide, which will be something like 10 (5-20) per 100000. O&G alone, I have no clue whatsoever, we are only 6 out of 10 doing Obstetrics, and I can not recall a maternal death in the last 5 years. Now that you are asking, what's the rate for your native Canadian population then? I am sure the figure for North of 40 is something you can be really proud of. To compare US figures with developing countries is obscene, by the way, since the annual budget of one or two hospitals in the US together is higher than the national budget in Namibia (which is 600 Million USD, of which 20% goes to healthcare). And it's not the issue how many, but rather that there are too many. In my opinion US society is still racist to the core, never mind how it takes care of the sick, the poor and the old. Or rather doesn't. greetings, el on 9/8/07 9:55 PM Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C. said the following: > El there has been a discussion on how poorly Black women fair Vs. > white in the U.S. . Poorly is probably a bad choice of words, > 37/100000 is probably the best for any large black population in the > world. > > -- > Take care, John -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (Saar) el@lisse.NA el108-ARIN / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 \ / Please do NOT email to this address Bachbrecht, Namibia ;____/ if it is DNS related in ANY way Next message: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: El whats' maternal mortatilty in your neck of the woods." Previous message: westsidebirthservice@juno.com: "Re: Dying in ER was Maternal Mortality Rate In U.S. Highest In Decades" In reply to: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "El whats' maternal mortatilty in your neck of the woods." Next in thread: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: El whats' maternal mortatilty in your neck of the woods." Reply: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: El whats' maternal mortatilty in your neck of the woods."

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