"Thalamus" <zhil at online.no> wrote in message
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> "Parse Tree" <parsetree at hotmail.com> skrev i melding
> news:UKFZ8.8262$QY4.1370937 at news20.bellglobal.com...> > > http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/under_contruction/aafacts.htm> > > "African American Health Facts
> > > (All figures are for U.S.)
> > >
> > > Final 1998 Data
> > > Births: 609,902
> > > Birth Rate: 17.7 births per 1,000 population
> > > Percent of Births to Teenagers: 21.5
> >
> > Your point? These things aren't negative.
> >
> > > Percent of Births to Unmarried Mothers: 69.1
> >
> > So? Marriage is an unnatural construct, that really serves no purpose.
> >
> > I'm somewhat disappointed that it isn't 100%.
> >
> > > Deaths Annually: 278,440
> > > Age-Adjusted Death Rate: 690.9 deaths per 100,000 population
> > > Infant Mortality Rate: 14.3 Infant deaths per 1,000 live births
> > > Source: National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 48, No. 11"
> >
> > So is a large quantity of births bad or not?
>> You missed the point on purpose, which you snipped (you biggotted liar):
<Snipped again>
So why did you post that stuff above, if it wasn't relevant? Is the Birth
Rate supposed to be a bad thing?
