From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:33:49 -0500, Bill Lucy  wrote:

> In article , ings{at}sympatico.ca says...
>> I listen to all the stories at my US cafeteria from my US colleagues,
>> and
>> it's hard to detect any substantial difference in the level of care , at
>> least for routine care. But it's so hard to know for sure, because
>> personal
>> stories / sample size one / etc don't necessarily extrapolate.
>
> All one needs to do is look at the overall statistics. The US has a
> lower life expectancy at birth (75/80 male/female vs. 78/82), a higher
> neo-natal mortality rate (5 per 1000 live births vs. 4 per 1000), a
> higher maternal mortality rate (14 per 1000 vs. 5 per 1000).
>

We also have embedded within us the equivalent of a third-world country,
especially the illegal (and even legal) immigrant population to skew the
numbers.  Compare the stats in my state of Vermont with, say, Washington,
D.C.

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Gary Wiltshire

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