I don't know how to evaluate it, but it's often been said that the quality of life statistics are apples and oranges among different countries. The classic example is that most countries simply let preemies die, they don't try to save them. Since they die at birth, the are _not_ recorded as an infant mortality statistic. The U.S.'s infant mortality statistics are high because we do try to save preemies, but don't always succeed. Dunno if this is true, but I'll bet there are a lot of things like this. And, I'll bet most government cook these kinds of statistics.
Fred Holmes At 03:38 PM 2/11/2010, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > It often surprises me that the Internet does not really seem to have >done all that much to broaden how well a lot of people in the United >States understand and view the rest of the world and how our nation >fits into the mix. So much information is available, yet so many of >the same and tired old myths and misperceptions abound. > > We are not the top dog in many areas that are commonly used to >determine quality of life, yet so many in the United States continue >to maintain that we are. Yet, these same people, a lot of them in >influential positions and claiming to be experts, are quite computer >literate and routinely ply the ether of the Internet. They must have >very powerful filtering algorithms at work in their computers that >prevent them from discovering what so many others can easily find and >plainly see. > > Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
