Infant mortality rate
1961 2001
India 115 71 Goa 57 36
This means that according to this most credible of Indian sources of information, in 1961 the infant mortality rate in Goa was 57 (per 1000 live births), half the rate for India, and in 2001 (forty years later) it was 36, still half the rate of India as a whole, but not even half the rate of 40 years before. What an achievement to boast about!
Gilbert was claiming that the rate for Goa was 70 in 1961, and is now 11! He should check on his sources, unless he invented those rates. There are no miracles these days, and I haven't heard about the Sultan of Brunei buying up Goa, so there's no way the infant mortality rate could come down from 36 to 11 per thousand in two years!!! Or are we to conclude that Indian statistics are a free-for-all?
This is what I call misinformation, whether deliberate or by negligence.
One last bit of info: Portugal's rate was 53 in 1970, and is now 5. The U.K.'s is 6. That's in the United Nations Human Development Report-2003.
Rui Manuel Colla�o
Lisbon
From: "gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet]Portuguese nationality a colonial favour? Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:05:20 -0000
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Rui Collaco wrote: > > > Let's get serious, gentlemen. I hold the view that the neocolonial rulers > > from New Delhi have used and abused Goa's land and people more in these 42 > > years than the Portuguese in their 451-year rule! > > How would you justify such a statement? > > Just curious to know if this is based on some facts that you have > researched or is this a personal opinion based on your circumstances and > prejudices. > > > -- > Tariq Siddiqui ------------- Heres what the *neocolonists* have achieved--In 1961, the literacy rate in Goa was 31%, infant mortality was 70 per thousand, birth rate 33 per thousand. Today literacy is 86%, infant mortality 11 per thousand, birth rate 15 per thousand. Believe it or not, life expectancy in Goa is 75 years, while Portugal it is 76 years. Other indicators are not comparible, however. Collaco states that Goans visiting Portugal will feel Shock and Awe! Having travelled widely all over the World, I find that a bit hard to swallow. Portugal is great for a holiday, nothing more, nothing less. Although there is a lot more to see, eat and drink in other European countries with a Latin flavour like Italy and Spain. regards, Gilbert.
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