At 01:02 PM Wednesday 7/18/2007, Dan Minette wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Charlie Bell > > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:53 PM > > To: Killer Bs Discussion > > Subject: Re: U.S. health care > > > > 'm not sure you have an adequate picture of the US system and how it > > > works for the average person who works for a big company. > > > > I have an adequate picture of the US system being ranked well below > > several European ones... > >Which is certainly enough for Schadenfreude, but not for solving the >problem. Let me give you an example from one of the clearest numbers for >which the US performs relatively poorly: infant mortality. > >The US's rate, about 7/5000 live births is far above the EU rate of >5.6/1000. This is a horrid statistic. > >We find, though, that the white, non-Hispanic rate is close to the EU: >5.8/1000. The black rate, on the other hand, is very high: 13.8. > >There is an obvious conclusion to be reached: this is a function of the >disparity of income between whites and blacks causing differences in medical >care. However, looking at different numbers, we see that it's not this >simple. The Hispanic rate (5.7/1000) is below that of white, non-Hispanics >at 5.7. Is a difference of 0.1 per thousand statistically significant given the data being analyzed? (I'm not saying it's not. Just asking.) -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
