Besides the transparency issue in the SA process (which can lead some to the manipulation conclusion) which the BLS could easily remedy simply by publishing the changed data on a monthly basis, the Establishment Survey suffers from a significant upward bias, known as the Birth-Death model.

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Low-birth weight is linked to an increased risk death and disability, and a range of long-term health problems, such as diabetes, heart disease, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and depression.

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The inscription has her name, her date of birth and death and lists her awards - George Medal, OBE and Croix de Guerre.

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The change is a true quantum leap, a death and re-birth, and the main characteristic of the new system is that it can handle the fluctuations, the input from the environment, that overwhelmed the old system.

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The death rate among babies whose mothers planned - and did - give birth at home was lower than the average for all births taken together - including those in a hospital, midwife-led unit, as well as at home.

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Compared to the analagous January-July period of 2011, the birth rate increased by 6.7%, the death rate decreased by 2.9%, and the rate of natural population loss plummeted by 60% (from 138, 000 in 2011 to just 57, 000 in 2012).

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The birth and death phases of stars, for example, are associated with heavy dust clouds that give off an infra-red signal which might resemble the swarm of artificial satellites constituting a Dyson sphere.

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