UNICEF: U.S., British Children Worst Off

[Kadie]

UNICEF: U.S., British Children Worst Off
By JOSH WARD, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

(02-14) 08:22 PST BERLIN, Germany (AP) --


The United States and Britain ranked at the bottom of a U.N. survey released Wednesday evaluating the well-being of children in wealthy countries.

The Netherlands topped the report issued by UNICEF, followed by other European countries with strong social welfare systems — Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

Among the report's overall findings was that wealth alone did not guarantee a child's well-being, with some poorer countries scoring ahead of richer ones. The U.S. and Britain finished 20th and 21st overall, respectively, behind Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

The British government immediately criticized the report, saying it used old data that did not measure recent improvements in things like teen pregnancies.

UNICEF ranked 21 industrialized countries in six categories: material well-being, health and safety, education, peer and family relationships, behaviors and risks, and young people's own subjective sense of well-being.

The U.S. was last for health and safety, measured by rates of infant mortality, low birth weight, immunization, and deaths from accidents and injuries.

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[keepCAblue]

1. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2730343

[katsy]

2. Unfortunately, we can eat our children alive here in the U.S...

and as long as they are served with adequate tax cuts, slave labor wages, obscene tansnational corporate profits, no one will balk.

Im other words... no one cares. Profit above people.

:cry:

[Kadie]

3. The children continue to pay

the highest price.

When will we learn.

:cry: