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So the majority of OECD countries is cheating at statistics except the US? Do you have the exceptional evidence to go along with such an exceptional claim?
by vanderZwan 4y ago
So the majority of OECD countries is cheating at statistics except the US? Do you have the exceptional evidence to go along with such an exceptional claim?
- jmeister 4y agoFrom a reputable demographer: https://twitter.com/lymanstoneky/status/1555923442112815105 https://twitter.com/lymanstoneky/status/1555923442112815105 "what's going on here is that the US is actually reporting "pregnancy related mortality," a formally separate concept, and that's why literally every international organization puts like 19 asterisks after the US data and says DO NOT COMPARE"
- dan-robertson 4y agoThis is an interesting link and the story seems plausible. I’m glad you commented it. It’s also not related to how child/adult mortality in general are calculated, or to other countries ‘lying’ anymore than if one country produced statistics for 18-30 year olds and another for 21-30 year olds: the data is just not directly comparable.
- jmeister 4y agoYes it’s much narrower in scope than GP’s sweeping claim, but the prior should be that there are general differences in data between US and EU owing to lack of universal IT systems and differing attitudes towards privacy.