Florida scores high on cancer awareness:Suicide and infant-death rates are

[Judi Lynn]

Florida scores high on cancer awareness
Suicide and infant-death rates are worse than the national average, a study finds.

By David Royse | The Associated Press
Posted April 5, 2005

TALLAHASSEE -- Floridians do a better job than people in many other states of getting screened for some types of cancer, according to a new study that also reveals that the state's cancer death rate is lower than the national average.

But the percentage of babies born with low birth weight, the infant-death rate and the suicide rate in Florida are all worse than the national average.

Overall, Florida does worse than most other states in more areas than it does better, according to a federal government survey of health-care quality measures released Monday.

The National Health Care Quality Report, compiled by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, showed Florida was below the national average in 47 of about 100 measures of health- and medical-care quality and above the national average on 36 measures.
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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-lochealth05040505apr05,1,2946898.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-state
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[SarahB]

1. One of the biggest determinations of overall health within a country is...

It's infant mortality rate.

The US ranks between Taiwan and Croatia. http://www.geographyiq.com/ranking/ranking_Infant_Mortality_Rate_aall.htm

Oh, the evils of all those countries with socialized medicine. :eyes:

[Voltaire99]

2. Asshole of the world?

Sure, there are far worse places on earth, but are there any so responsible for their misery as that illiberal, misgoverned, violent, superstitious, Disney-haunted, fraud-caked bog known as Florida?

[Judi Lynn]

3. Well said! Went to look for a photo of Jeb standing with Mickey

and found this strange fact I KNOW most people have never heard:

JEB BUSH CONTROLS 7.3 MILLION SHARES OF DISNEY STOCK:
As governor of Florida, Jeb Bush serves as a trustee for the state employees' pension fund. That fund owns approximately 7.3 million shares of Disney stock. According to the Orlando Sentinel on 3/2/04, how the state votes those shares in board of director elections is "a closely watched decision with political as well as economic dimensions." In the last board election, in which Eisner ran unopposed, Jeb Bush and the other trustees symbolically withheld their support for Eisner. If the trustees were to continue opposing Eisner in future elections it could endanger his "two-decade reign at the top of the company."
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BUSH/EISNER MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY:
During the 2003 first quarter earnings conference call, Eisner cited the patronage of the Bush family to ease investor concerns about Disney's cruise lines. Eisner told analysts on the call "we were very happy that when the President and Jeb Bush's son and his wife and about 16 grandchildren went on over Christmas...they all had a very good time." In the days after 9/11, many Americans were wondering what they could do to help their country. President Bush urged the country to "Go down to Disney World in Florida. Take your families and enjoy life." According to the 12/11/01 Village Voice an ecstatic Eisner blasted out an e-mail touting President Bush as "our newest cheerleader."

EISNER IS A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTOR TO GEORGE AND JEB:
Eisner told reporters yesterday that he was refusing to distribute the film because Disney is "such a nonpartisan company, do not look for us to take sides." Yet Eisner has taken the side of George W. Bush and Jeb Bush against their political opponents when he contributed to their campaigns.

IMPACT OF MEDIA CONSOLIDATION EXPOSED:
The fiasco illustrates the perils of excessive media consolidation – Disney is refusing to distribute a film because of the effect it may have on tax breaks for a theme park. Yesterday, Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) called for hearings into "the pattern of politically based corporate censorship of the news media and the entertainment industry." Eisner's decision comes on the heels of decisions to pull content critical of President Bush by Sinclair Media and CBS.
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http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/stories.php?story=04/05/07/2761679

You were so much closer to the truth than I knew when I saw your post. This is so sick.