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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 11:35 AM
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Infant Mortality: um yeah, the RW is right, the USA IS the greatest
Edited on Sun Mar-20-05 11:42 AM by steve2470
Country, Infant mortality, Life expectancy (as of 2004)


Japan= 3.3, 81.0
USA= 6.6, 77.4

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004393.html

Guess we're not doing so good, huh ?

sorry for the bad formatting
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 11:39 AM
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1. And is frightening when broken down along racial lines
I don't have the stats(maybe someone can help) but I remember that rates for blacks and Hispanics are much higher than the averages.
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 12:08 PM
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6. Yes they're higher but "White" America is also high compared to...
...civilised nations.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 11:41 AM
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2. Do you think it might be tied
to the fact that many Americans have no health care?

Mmmmm......
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 11:43 AM
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3. yeppers among other variables nt
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Tektonik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 11:45 AM
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4. Looking at the numbers for African nations
you would think the Repubs would be donating billions upon billions to Africa.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 12:02 PM
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5. "yeah, but the kids that die just don't have the will to succeed."
You have to work hard to make it in Bush's America.
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