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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 09/06/2011 : 16:14:28
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Man I love this woman's blog. Her latest article shreds journalism that horribly misrepresents data regarding US newborn mortality rates.
It is a shame so many journalists suck at accurate science reporting.
I found this very depressing: | Even taking that into account does not tell the whole story, because race is a major risk factor for neonatal mortality. Women of African descent have neonatal mortality rates nearly 3 times higher than that of other races, and that finding is independent of economic status. It is regrettable, therefore, but hardly surprising that "whiter" countries have lower neonatal mortality than the US. |
So if it isn't poverty causing this, what is? Environment (presumably the complex influences of deeply-rooted racial discrimination) or something genetic, or a little of both? I tend to side with the former assumption.
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Dr. Amy on Reporting of Newborn Death Rates
