If you have a look at the Chen and Rogan paper nancy provided you'll see 
that the increased deaths in formula fed babies were in 3 main 
groups...infections, SIDS and injury.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
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Subject: Infant death prevented by breastfeeding?


> Wise ones,
>
> I have heard the statistic that for every 1000 babies born in the US, four 
> babies die a year because they were not breastfed.
>
> Is this accurate data? IF so...do we know WHY these babies died? Can 
> anyone point me in the right direction for obtaining evidence to support 
> this?
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Mary Anderson
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