Michelle posts:

Date:    Tue, 8 Jan 2002 18:49:09 -0500
From:    Michelle DePesa <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Need input on bottle feeding instructions

"if you have chosen to bottlefeed, you must understand that your baby is 5
times more likely to die in the first year of life, will not reach his/her
intelligence potential, and is at risk for these diseases... (list) ..."

I like this direct approach.  I have lots of statistics listed on frequency
of diseases, etc.  I have never seen the "5 times more likely to die" one
though.  Is this true?  Does the math work out?  Most important, is there a
source for this?  This is much more blunt than discussing the rates of
hospitalization, etc, etc.  But I can't use the "5 times" unless I can back
it up, hopefully easily.  When you get into dealing with statistics, the
math can end up very shaky if you're trying to combine studies.

Anyone?  Thanks.

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