Re: preemie-l From Cynthia : Who does better? (fwd)

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This is really funny- I was given the exact opposite quotes of survival 
rates by sex and race. Black girls, black boys, white girls, white boys!
So what's the truth?
Joyce

On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Deborah S Simmons wrote:

> Cynthia,
> 
> I heard the same thing in the NICU about girls doing better than boys.  
> They also gave me info by race.  I got this information in 1988 but 
> here's how it went, from best prognosis to worst:  European-American 
> girls, African-American girls, European-American boys, African-American 
> boys.  I don't know whether this was anecdotal or whether there was/is 
> research to back it up.
> 
> Debbie in Minneapolis
> simm0007@gold.tc.umn.edu
> 
> > 
> > 
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