Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
http://slate.com/id/2111390/
it turns out that Post story didn't have the statistics right. By
classifying everyone who had miscarriages, abortions, actual
pregnancies, and babies less than a year old as "pregnant" the murder
rate looks a lot higher than it actually is. Less than 9 percent of the
247 people used for the stats were actually pregnant; when you consider
that, the murder rate is actually less if you are pregnant. Better, the
murder rate for all women has dropped about 30% since 1995.
Anyway Nancy is safe :)
it turns out that Post story didn't have the statistics right. By
classifying everyone who had miscarriages, abortions, actual
pregnancies, and babies less than a year old as "pregnant" the murder
rate looks a lot higher than it actually is. Less than 9 percent of the
247 people used for the stats were actually pregnant; when you consider
that, the murder rate is actually less if you are pregnant. Better, the
murder rate for all women has dropped about 30% since 1995.
Anyway Nancy is safe :)
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it turns out I could be wrong about that. This study http://hsx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/6/2/128 shows that perhaps murder rates have only been falling because medicine has gotten so much better at making gunshot wounds survivable during that time.