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.
...but also have fewer premature births, which feed into the whole thing - It's hard to tell where the Euro countries would be if they were counting premature births - the equalization only goes halfway.
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.
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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.
...but also have fewer premature births, which feed into the whole thing - It's hard to tell where the Euro countries would be if they were counting premature births - the equalization only goes halfway.
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.
Then why don't they?