point 1. i will do more research and come back on this, if you wish.
point 2. You haven't shown that. Please go here. please read the entire report. this was the link I was looking for earlier. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db23.htm it will show that a) the UK and the USA use the same system for counting all live births - like the USA, the UK does not cheat by excluding premature births. I forget the exact term , I think it's 'preterm births' in the report, but it means the same thing. b) Britain, Germany and a lot of other European countries use the same yardstick as the USA - and get better results in terms of IMR.
Point 3. I take your point that the USa leads the world on cancer care. However, what the Americans are doing seems to be screening and early diagnosis. no reason why a government initiate could not do this as well.
Re: Not so fast...
i will do more research and come back on this, if you wish.
point 2. You haven't shown that.
Please go here. please read the entire report. this was the link I was looking for earlier.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db23.htm
it will show that
a) the UK and the USA use the same system for counting all live births - like the USA, the UK does not cheat by excluding premature births. I forget the exact term , I think it's 'preterm births' in the report, but it means the same thing.
b) Britain, Germany and a lot of other European countries use the same yardstick as the USA - and get better results in terms of IMR.
Point 3.
I take your point that the USa leads the world on cancer care. However, what the Americans are doing seems to be screening and early diagnosis. no reason why a government initiate could not do this as well.