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Alla olevassa arvioidaan, että maailmanlaajuisesti kuolee noin 10 raskaana olevaa Jehovan todistajaa kuukausittain eli noin 120 naista vuodessa. Näiden kuolema voitaisiin estää verensiirtojen avulla.
Estimates of maternal death rates among pregnant women:
We have found two reports to date: one from the U.S. and the other from the UK:
Dr. Carl J. Saphier led a study at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY, of the maternal death rate among Jehovah's Witnesses. The report indicates a death rate of 521 deaths per 100,000 live births--a rate nearly 44 times higher than that among the general US population. The precision of that number is in doubt because it was based on only two deaths. Sr. Saphier said "The findings imply that special care is required for women who are Jehovah's Witnesses, including special counseling prior to delivery, methods of minimizing the blood loss at delivery, and fast treatment for any hemorrhage." 4
A 2004-SEP UK report, the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (CEMD) stated that:
"... the very high risk of mortality in women who refuse blood transfusion was highlighted. 11 The death rate in this group was 1 per 1,000 maternities compared with an expected incidence of less than 1 per 100,000 maternities. 12
Computing the average of these two reports, the maternal death rate:
among those refusing blood transfusions is about 310 per 100.000 births.
among the general population is about 6 per 100,000 births.
is about 70 times greater for those who refuse blood transfusions.
Marvin Shilmer posted the following calculation to the Jehovahs-Witness.com discussion forum:
"Assuming an annual birth rate of 20 per 1,000, and based on the Watchtower organization�s annual statistics, over the period of 1995 through 2006 there were at least 1,455,000 births among Jehovah�s Witnesses. Assuming these women presented themselves as refusing blood, this translates into 1,455 deaths during this period." 12
If all had accepted transfusions when needed, only 21 might have died. The Jehovah's Witness' policy on blood transfusions thus cause on the order of 10 preventable deaths a month, 120 a year, within their organization.
Teksti on peräisin täältä:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/witness11.htm