WTF Stories of the Week - Page 8

BarTopDancer · 04-08-2008, 07:33 PM

Did you see the other baby in that article?

I wonder why so many birth defects are happening in India.

wendybeth · 04-08-2008, 08:19 PM

While I'm fairly certain there are a lot of conditions such as pollution, poor diet and such could be the culprit, I suspect it's really a numbers game. The sheer volume of babies born in India each day has to be enormous, thus increasing the odds of oddities.

alphabassettgrrl · 04-08-2008, 09:01 PM

I wonder if both faces are functional. Do they have different personalities?

Morrigoon · 04-08-2008, 09:17 PM

Apparently both faces blink and drink

Alex · 04-08-2008, 09:24 PM

I was made curious. And when I get curious I do pointless research. And having done that I share it with people who don't care. India has a population of 1.1 billion. They have an annual birth rate of 23 births per 1000 people. Resulting in 25.3 million babies born each year.

Here's the number for the top 20 countries. A baby born to a top 20 country has almost a 1/3 chance of being born in India. I suspect China also has a lot of interesting defects but the information infrastructure probably isn't as good at getting the word out.

India - 25.3 million babies born
China - 17.0 million
Nigeria - 5.9 million
Pakistan - 4.4 million
Indonesia - 4.3 million
United States - 4.2 million
Bangladesh - 3.9 million
Brazil - 3.6 million
Ethiopia - 2.9 million
Philippines - 2.3 million
Mexico - 2.1 million
Egypt - 1.8 million
Vietnam - 1.6 million
Russia - 1.5 million
Iran - 1.4 million
Turkey - 1.3 million
Japan - 1.1 million
Thailand - .92 million
France - .78 million
Germany - .67 million

cirquelover · 04-08-2008, 09:33 PM

Seriously, is that accurate?! They have 25.3 MILLION babies born each year!? I have to asume it is because, well it was Alex doing research but man alive that number astounds me!

Alex · 04-08-2008, 10:13 PM

Well, they have 1,100,000,000 people in the country so 25,000,000 babies isn't really such a huge number. As far as birth rate goes, India is about middle of the pack. What's remarkable is how low China's is (and the reasons for that are pretty obvious, I'm just always amazed at how successful their population controls have been).

Moonliner · 04-09-2008, 06:56 AM

While it may not have the panache of a two faced child, I was mildly amused by this quote regarding an advertisement that was pulled from our metro system here in Washington ahead of the Pope's visit:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ad guy

What we didn't realize is that the bobblehead wasn't an accurate depiction of the Pontiff," says Farbstein."

Kevy Baby · 04-09-2008, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

And when I get curious I do pointless research. And having done that I share it with people who don't care.

This is why I like you: to know that I am not the only person who does this kind of thing
I DO care!

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Originally Posted by cirquelover

Seriously, is that accurate?! They have 25.3 MILLION babies born each year!? I have to asume it is because, well it was Alex doing research but man alive that number astounds me!

One really can't judge it without looking at the corresponding death rates.

Alex · 04-09-2008, 10:32 AM

(I had this number last night but it seemed completely irrelevant)

Currently India has an annual population growth rate of 1.46% which is a gain of about 16 million people per year.

So, since 25.3 million are born, you can assume that at least 9 million or so die each year (though there are other means of population increase and decline birth and death should swamp them out).

India's 1-year infant mortality rate is 55/1000 live births. So that means of the 25.3 million born per year, 1.4 million die within a year. In other words, more babies die each year in India than are born in Turkey, Japan, Thailand, France, or Germany.

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04-08-2008, 09:24 PM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I was made curious. And when I get curious I do pointless research. And having done that I share it with people who don't care. India has a population of 1.1 billion. They have an annual birth rate of 23 births per 1000 people. Resulting in 25.3 million babies born each year. Here's the number for the top 20 countries. A baby born to a top 20 country has almost a 1/3 chance of being born in India. I suspect China also has a lot of interesting defects but the information infrastructure probably isn't as good at getting the word out. India - 25.3 million babies born China - 17.0 million Nigeria - 5.9 million Pakistan - 4.4 million Indonesia - 4.3 million United States - 4.2 million Bangladesh - 3.9 million Brazil - 3.6 million Ethiopia - 2.9 million Philippines - 2.3 million Mexico - 2.1 million Egypt - 1.8 million Vietnam - 1.6 million Russia - 1.5 million Iran - 1.4 million Turkey - 1.3 million Japan - 1.1 million Thailand - .92 million France - .78 million Germany - .67 million
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cirquelover Cruising around in my automobile... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,617	Seriously, is that accurate?! They have 25.3 MILLION babies born each year!? I have to asume it is because, well it was Alex doing research but man alive that number astounds me!
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, they have 1,100,000,000 people in the country so 25,000,000 babies isn't really such a huge number. As far as birth rate goes, India is about middle of the pack. What's remarkable is how low China's is (and the reasons for that are pretty obvious, I'm just always amazed at how successful their population controls have been).
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04-09-2008, 10:32 AM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	(I had this number last night but it seemed completely irrelevant) Currently India has an annual population growth rate of 1.46% which is a gain of about 16 million people per year. So, since 25.3 million are born, you can assume that at least 9 million or so die each year (though there are other means of population increase and decline birth and death should swamp them out). India's 1-year infant mortality rate is 55/1000 live births. So that means of the 25.3 million born per year, 1.4 million die within a year. In other words, more babies die each year in India than are born in Turkey, Japan, Thailand, France, or Germany.
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