On Dec 4, 2:32*pm, "dechucka" wrote:
"PJ O'D" wrote in message

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*On Dec 4, 1:16 pm, "simon calder"
wrote:



Among other things related to this life expectancies of Australian
indigenous is substantially less than American indigenous and infant
mortality among Australian indigenous is much higher than infant
mortality of American indigenous,

BUT........ so f*ckin what?

If comparative life expectancies and comparative infant mortality
rates are not a measure of the efficiency of comparable medical
systems, Calder, please point that out to your fellow Socializied
medicine pimps.

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America's infant mortality rates are higher than Cuba's

Our infant mortality rates are affected dramatically by our larger
population composistion of African American women

"...The important role of lifestyle factors in determining infant
mortality risk has gained added recognition through the study of the
health experience of many Hispanic groups, which has challenged a
strict socioeconomic approach to explaining race/ethnic differentials
in infant mortality (Williams and Collins, 1995). The Hispanic
population is characterized by birth outcomes that are more similar
to
the non-Hispanic white population than to the African American
population, with whom they share similar socioeconomic risk profiles.
As a result, the more favorable birth outcomes of Hispanics, and in
particular the foreign-born component of the Hispanic population, are
largely attributed to positive cultural/behavioral practices
(Scribner
and Dwyer, 1989; Weeks and Rumbaut, 1991; Scribner, 1996). It is
argued
that several Hispanic subpopulations may be able to successfully
limit
the harmful effects of their disadvantaged socioeconomic position in
the U.S. through salutary, culturally based behavior such as a
healthy
diet and low rates of substance use (Rumbaut and Weeks, 1996). For
this
reason, socioeconomic factors may not be as important in determining
infant mortality risk in populations that are able to buffer the
deleterious consequences attached to a disadvantaged social position.

Conversely, without strong, culturally based support systems to
counteract socioeconomic disadvantages, many economically
disadvantaged
women may resort to harmful stress reduction behaviors such as
cigarette smoking and substance use (Scribner and Dwyer, 1989; James,
1993)...."

Source: 2000-2002 data, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics
System, Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set