The paper is Influence of definition based versus pragmatic birth registration on international comparisons of perinatal and infant mortality: population based retrospective study, written by multiple scientists at Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System. (skepticalob.com)
In just one race so far (California's 39th), the group has had to choose among multiple scientists. (rollcall.com)
Subsequent papers from multiple scientists pulled initial numbers far back and reported figures closer to 3 feet, he said. (scientificamerican.com)