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froody1911:
--- Quote from: datora on January 19, 2012, 12:16:12 AM ---[ EDIOT: ohschitz ... the reason I was replying: @froody, just curious if you have links where you got those stats. 10:100,000 sounds shocking, but is still only 0.01%, which is quite low per medical conditions. Death in childbirth is total statistics, and is often tied to other medical conditions and circumstances. For a healthy mother, the numbers are probably ~1/100th of that, or less. ]
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The data is what I remember from a school research project about 3 years ago. I think I had used WHO's reports back then, so I'd say it's quite accurate. Here's the link: http://www.who.int/whosis/mme_2005.pdf (check Annex 3)
Yes, it's not a large percentage, but it isn't by any means negligible.
datora:
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Thanks for the reply. Remembered my question when I ran across this earlier tonight on another project. Alternate resource, the U.S. CIA World Factbook, which is surprisingly unbiased and accurate when it comes to fairly pure data:
--- Quote from: CIA World Factbook ---The maternal mortality rate (MMR) is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes). The MMR includes deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, for a specified year.
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Interesting: seems to imply that if both mother & child die, they are not compiled into this statistic.
Japan listed @6:100,000, or 161 out of 172 countries for very, very low maternal mortality. Statistically, that is pretty close to insignificant, although I would never even try to imply that any mother dying during childbirth is insignificant.
United States @24:100,000. Pretty shocking, actually.
Didn't get to watch anime tonight :-\ Guess I'll have to wait for Another. (he he he!) ;D
(click to show/hide)I'm guessing that twins are involved, somehow. Just going on the title for one, but also Mei's cryptic reference to "her other half."
dbml:
--- Quote from: datora on January 19, 2012, 09:05:15 AM --- (click to show/hide)I'm guessing that twins are involved, somehow. Just going on the title for one, but also Mei's cryptic reference to "her other half."
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(click to show/hide)That's what I originally thought as well. But her spirit/soul is walking around, so her "other half" would probably be her body, since the morgue was down there on B2. It's either where she last saw her body, or it was cremated there, or something along those lines. I don't see it being a twin.
Havoc10K:
(click to show/hide)It could have something to do with the doll as well, maybe the grudge/curse manifested when it was made ?
datora:
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Oh, yeah BTW. Haven't seen this detail mentioned in the thread yet, in case I missed it. Meant to ask about it and forgot before.
(click to show/hide)Why is there no 4th floor in the hospital? Elevator scene where Kouichi meets Mei. Three different indicators (lights and chart on back wall) all go from 3 to 5. No 4.
Is there a situation where a 4th floor would not appear in Real Life anywhere in the world? Culturally significant in Japan? Like there's pretty much never a 13-floor building, either stops at 12 or they are 14 or more. Based on old superstitions, although I'm certain there are exceptions around.
Would the 4th floor somehow be "taboo" or something? I don't recall the number 4 being anything weird, like an unlucky number. Perhaps something tied into spirits/ghosts/demons/ etc. ..?
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