So, just for fun (and yes, it says some frightening things about me that I think of this as fun) I plugged the list of nations above into the World Health Organization's statistical database of health indicators. In Darwin's honor, I selected reproductive health indicators, like perinatal mortality rates, contraceptive prevalence (modern methods), birth outcomes, and low birthweight prevalence.
Some interesting correlations. The more widely evolution is accepted, the greater the prevalence of modern contraceptives. Turkey, the country with the lowest acceptance for evolution, had the highest perinatal mortality rate. I guess you don't have to believe in natural selection for it to apply to you!
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Date: 2009-02-19 06:48 pm (UTC)Some interesting correlations. The more widely evolution is accepted, the greater the prevalence of modern contraceptives. Turkey, the country with the lowest acceptance for evolution, had the highest perinatal mortality rate. I guess you don't have to believe in natural selection for it to apply to you!