lbo-talk-digest V1 #2875

[Elisabeth Vincentelli]

That *is* puzzling, and I don't have an answer for that. From what I've read
about North Korea, it seems like it would have a high infant mortality rate.
I'd be curious to know if anybody has more information on this.

Elisabeth


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> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:53:19 -0400 (EDT)
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> Speaking of North Korea, I have a question for ya.  I was under the
> impression that the country is a textbook example of squalor.  However,
> perusing the WHO health statistics pages, I discovered that North Korea has
> just about the lowest infant mortality rate in the region (22 out of 1,000).
> What gives?