[philman_36]

For example, you yourself are speculating that the coding was done within ten days after the birth; we don’t actually KNOW that.

It doesn't matter when the coding was done as the two separate manuals would be used according to the date of birth.

All of the births before the 14th would be coded according to the old manual and all of the births on and after the 14th would use the new one.

And at least I'm not speculating that a manual that wasn't in effect until ten days after the birth is the manual that applies.

[hoosiermama]

How do the two differ or is it just a new printing.

[philman_36]

For example, you yourself are speculating that the coding was done within ten days after the birth; we don’t actually KNOW that.

And to play your game...you yourself are speculating that Hawaii even got the new manual in time to use it in the month of August; we don’t actually KNOW that either.

[Meet the New Boss]

There you are speculating again making an assumption as to how the manuals work.

In point of fact, whatever the changes to the revised manual were, it is unlikely that they changed the numbers used in the coding system in mid-year.

If they did, the full-year data would be unreliable. The revisions most likely related to clarifying various things without changing the actual number system in mid-year.