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Re: Dead: SCHIP From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Fri Oct 19 18:49:05 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "100 lbs wieght gain, o.p. multip" Previous message: RModugno@aol.com: "Hey folks, An American that did some good?" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Dead: SCHIP" Next in thread: Andrew Folley: "Re: Dead: SCHIP" Reply: Andrew Folley: "Re: Dead: SCHIP" One of my fave quotes from High School: Statistics are like Bikinis - What they reveal - suggestive. What they conceal - vital. Art At Fri, 19 Oct 2007, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: > >In a message dated 10/19/2007 11:36:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time, >midwifeim@earthlink.net writes: > >Actually, most women here have no idea that there are at least 41 countries >ahead of us in maternal mortality reduction. It seems to serve some interests >to keep them ignorant. > >I was going to make a Mulder & Scully comment here. But then I read the news >release a bit more closely. > >Based on 2005 estimates, the U.N. analysis suggests that one in 4,800 women >in the United States carry a lifetime risk of death from pregnancy. By >contrast, among the 10 top-ranked industrialised countries, fewer than one in >16,400 are facing a similar situation. >The reason? According to experts, in many European countries and Japan in >the industrialised world, women are guaranteed good-quality health and family >planning services that minimise their lifetime risk. > >A "lifetime risk of death from pregnancy" would be WAY lower for countries >with way lower birth rates. Since some "civilized countries" (Italy comes to >mind, from some news articles I've read) are actually in the negative for >population growth, I'd think they would almost certainly be better off in this >stat than countries with higher birth rates. If "family planning services" keep >you from ever being pregnant, your risk of death from pregnancy is absolutely > going to be zero. > >What they need to do is talk about statistics that aren't skewed by the very >act of making the statistics. > >Wait, maybe I SHOULD say something about Mulder & Scully here .... Hmmmmmm. > >Joe P. -- art fougner, md "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton Next message: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "100 lbs wieght gain, o.p. multip" Previous message: RModugno@aol.com: "Hey folks, An American that did some good?" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Dead: SCHIP" Next in thread: Andrew Folley: "Re: Dead: SCHIP" Reply: Andrew Folley: "Re: Dead: SCHIP"

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