The World’s Most Vaccinated Children aren’t the Healthiest * The following is happening to North American children, with 69 vaccines by age 18 , yet one of the sickest in the history of the World. 10,000 SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) or cot-death yearly. US is #39 (UNICEF) down the rung of infant mortality. 38 other countries of the world including 3rd world countries stand a better chance of survival to age 5 than US children. 7,000 babies die from vaccines yearly. 1 in every 6 children has a neurological problem. (Geier). Published in 1994. 1 in 67 children is Autistic. Every 20 minutes, a child is diagnosed as Autistic. There are between 1 and 4 million autistic children in the US today. 14% of American children enrol in learning disability programs. A 500% increase in the number of prescriptions written for ADHD since 1991. 53,000 babies die of cancer yearly. (In 2002 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) put aside USD 2.5 million for infant hospice to create end of life care for infants). 60% of children are overweight or obese (CDC). 3 million children under 18 had a food allergy, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). One in 8 children suffers from Asthma , according to figures from the ALA and the CDC. Out of 21.3 million asthmatics in America, 5000 die yearly of asthma. Each year, more than 15,000 young people are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. * Largest-ever study of US child health begins (in 2009) By LAURAN NEERGAARD January 13, 2009- 4:56pm WASHINGTON (AP) -Scientists begin recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York this week for the largest study of U.S. children -- aiming eventually to track 100,000 around the country from conception to age 21. "We are embarking on the road to discovering the preventable causes of the major chronic diseases that plague American children today," Dr. Philip Landrigan of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, one of the lead researchers, declared Tuesday. Nearly a decade in the planning, the ambitious National Children's Study tackles a major mystery: How the environment -- everything from a pregnant woman's diet to a child's exposure to various chemicals -- interacts with genetics to affect youngsters' health and development. Autism, asthma, certain birth defects and other child disorders are on the rise, as is concern about which environmental factors play a role. Plus, many adult diseases take root in childhood……………………… www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov