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The people of these United States
some interesting fact from the CIA World Factbook
Population growth rate: 0.77%
Birth rate: 13.42 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 8.15 deaths/1,000 population
Total fertility rate: 2.01 children born/woman, ranked 123rd in the world
The median age is 37.6, for males its 36.3, and for females 39 years
Urban population in America is 82.4% of the total population and the largest metropolitan area is
New York-Newark, with 20.352 million people.
The literacy rate, defined as people age 15 and over that can read and write is 99%. The whole concept of literacy is being redefined by the computer age and it would be interesting to have a measure of the digital literacy rate. You can find more about it on DigitalLiteracy.Gov
The United States is a highly developed and wealthy country, yet it does not rank as high as one would think in the world in terms of health statistics.
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For example, the infant mortality rate: 6.17 deaths/1,000 live births, which ranks 169th in the world. The graph below shows how we stand compared to other developed countries.
Take a look at the life expectancy at birth. The average American lives to 79.56 years, which ranks 42nd in the world.
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Here are some data on one of the most challenging disease of the modern world, HIV/AIDS
The adult prevalence rate is 0.6%. The US is ranked 64th in the world/
There are 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the US, and that ranks 9th in the world
In 2012, 17,000 people have died of AIDS, ranked 19th in the world.
The AIDS quilt, started in the late 1980's is shown above. For more information please go to the Names Project Foundation.
One of the other major health issues this country faces is what many call the Obesity Crisis. The adult obesity prevalence rate in the US is 33%, ranking the country as 18th in the world. As you can see by the map below, there are big differences from state to state.
