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Infant mortality rates regressed against number of vaccine doses

routinely given: Is there a biochemical or synergistic toxicity?/*

Neil Z , S Goldman

Hum Exp Toxicol May 4, 2011

http://het.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/05/04/0960327111407644.full.pdf+html

The infant mortality rate (IMR) is one of the most important indicators

of the socio-economic well-being and public health conditions of a

country. The US childhood immunization schedule specifies 26 vaccine

doses for infants aged less than 1 year---the most in the world---yet 33

nations have lower IMRs. Using linear regression, the immunization

schedules of these 34 nations were examined and a correlation

coefficient of r = 0.70 (p < 0.0001) was found between IMRs and the

number of vaccine doses routinely given to infants. Nations were also

grouped into five different vaccine dose ranges: 12--14, 15--17, 18--20,

21--23, and 24--26. The mean IMRs of all nations within each group were

then calculated. Linear regression analysis of unweighted mean IMRs

showed a high statistically significant correlation between increasing

number of vaccine doses and increasing infant mortality rates, with r =

0.992 (p = 0.0009). Using the Tukey-Kramer test, statistically

significant differences in mean IMRs were found between nations giving

12--14 vaccine doses and those giving 21--23, and 24--26 doses. A closer

inspection of correlations between vaccine doses, biochemical or

synergistic toxicity, and IMRs is essential.

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