Lies, Damned Lies and, well you know the quote…

I find that I cannot trust the statistal comparison between the various countries health care for one simple reason.

I know that the Infant Mortality stats are bullshit. Many, if not all, european countries do not count live births the same as the US does. In the US, if the baby is alive at birth, no matter how premature, for any lenght of time, it is counted as a live birth. Most other countries use a different criteria for a live birth, such as survival for at least 24 hours, minimum weight, minimum gestation period, etc. Infants that fail to meet this criteria are generally counted as a miscarraige.

This is a know issue, and for the author of the site to present these numbers, without any context, implies either ignorance or bias, and calls into question all of the remaining statistics he presents.

John