I stand corrected...

On May 10, 2006, at 3:45 PM, Wolf, Jackie wrote:

> Jennifer O'Quinn IBCLC wrote:
>
> The reason US rates are so appalling has a lot to do with the fact  
> that
> the US defines infant mortality more broadly than many countries do...
>
>
>
> I'm behind on Lactnet so perhaps someone has already responded to  
> this.
> There is indeed a persistent rumor that other countries define infant
> mortality differently than in the U.S. but this is absolutely not  
> true.
> All countries reporting infant mortality to international bodies  
> use the
> exact same criteria. Academics who study infant mortality worldwide  
> have
> long been puzzled by this persistent rumor and have been unable to  
> trace
> its origins. But, I can assure you, it is a myth. The U.S. truly is
> right next door to Latvia in its infant mortality rate. The U.S. does
> not define "infant mortality more broadly than many other countries  
> do."
>
>
>
> Jackie Wolf
>
> (Associate Professor, Department of Social Medicine, Ohio University)
>
>
>
>

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