Ugh, apologies... that was supposed to be a "forward" not a "reply."
At 02:38 PM 9/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
>A link to a story about current data on infant mortality, which has
>obvious relevance to students of social inequality.
>
>Cliff
>
>
>At 09:32 PM 9/11/02 +0530, you wrote:
>>Economist.com
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>>Infant mortality
>>
>>Sep 5th 2002
>> From The Economist print edition
>>
>>About 11m children below the age of five die every year around the world
>>from preventable conditions such as malnutrition or illnesses caused by
>>dirty air and water. Child-mortality rates are highest in Afghanistan and
>>several countries in sub-Saharan Africa. In Zambia, Kenya and Zimbabwe,
>>rates are now higher than in 1980. However, they have fallen by more than
>>half in India, Indonesia and Peru over the past two decades. Two years ago,
>>the United Nations agreed to a target to cut child-mortality rates by
>>two-thirds by 2015. This objective may be helped by the agreement at the
>>Johannesburg summit to achieve access to basic sanitation for more of the
>>world's poor.
>>
>>http://www.economist.com/markets/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1317823
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