Debunked: 14,000 Fukushima Deaths in U.S.

[JaWiB]

Mangano & Sherman only analyzed infant deaths, not infant mortality. And so the data I've posted are also only infant deaths. Not using infant-mortality data is just another entry in the long list of flaws in their argument. Reason being, any increase in infant deaths could simply reflect an increase in live births.

So the decline around 2008 could just as well be due to declining birth rates as declining infant mortality

 

[SpunkyMonkey]

So the decline around 2008 could just as well be due to declining birth rates as declining infant mortality

Bingo: Dip[/PLAIN] in Birth Rates Reflects Recession, Report Suggests

 

[mheslep]

From that graph, it looks like a short-term deviation of 50 or even 100 is just noise.

There is something significant there. What happened in 2008 or 2009?

Probably a continuation of the longer term trend.
http://www.google.com/publicdata/ex...im=country:USA&dl=en&hl=en&q=infant+mortality

 

[mheslep]

Bingo: Dip[/PLAIN] in Birth Rates Reflects Recession, Report Suggests

Ah, yes that more likely explains the sudden down tick.