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

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Hmmmmm.  I don't think sex or race factor into survival rates one bit.  Each
preemie will follow his or her own course. IMHO though, socio-economic
factors play a HUGE part.
Fred Taleghani, RN, BSN

At 12:49 PM 6/17/96 -0400, *Joyce Worsley TRS 396-5440 wrote:
>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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