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Is There a Statistician with a Medical Degree in the House? - Ed Jewett - 23-06-2011
[COLOR="blue"]Infant mortality rates regressed against number of vaccine doses routinely given: Is there a biochemical or synergistic toxicity?
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Neil Z Miller and Gary S Goldman
Abstract
Human and Experimental Toxicology 000(00) 19 a The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0960327111407644 het.sagepub.com
The infant mortality rate (IMR) is one of the most important indicators of the socio-economic well-being and public health conditions of a country. The US childhood immunization schedule specifies 26 vaccine doses for infants aged less than 1 yearthe most in the worldyet 33 nations have lower IMRs. Using linear regression, the immunization schedules of these 34 nations were examined and a correlation coefficient of r 1â„4 0.70 (p < 0.0001) was found between IMRs and the number of vaccine doses routinely given to infants. Nations were also grouped into five different vaccine dose ranges: 1214, 1517, 1820, 2123, and 2426. The mean IMRs of all nations within each group were then calculated. Linear regression analysis of unweighted mean IMRs showed a high statistically significant correlation between increasing number of vaccine doses and increasing infant mortality rates, with r 1â„4 0.992 (p 1â„4 0.0009). Using the Tukey-Kramer test, statistically significant differ- ences in mean IMRs were found between nations giving 1214 vaccine doses and those giving 2123, and 2426 doses. A closer inspection of correlations between vaccine doses, biochemical or synergistic toxicity, and IMRs is essential.
http://het.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/05/04/0960327111407644.full.pdf+html
The entire article is there, not just the abstract.
Tip of the cap to Kevin at Cryptogon (and Becky, Owen and Reed too)