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The Effect of Immunizations on Infectious Diseases

Vaccinations have helped decrease the number of cases of infectious diseases in the last 110 years. The bubble chart on the left shows the number of cases of infectious diseases in the United States in...

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U.S. Abortion Laws by State

Most states (in orange) ban abortions during the last trimester of pregnancy when the fetus is already viable outside the womb. However, since the state of Nebraska passed the most restrictive abortion...

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The World’s Abortion Laws by Country

Latin American countries along with countries in the Middle East and Africa have the most restrictive abortion laws. According to this map by the Center for Reproductive Rights, in countries like...

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The Quality of Democracy by Country

Global Democracy Ranking released the Democracy Ranking for the year 2012, which shows the quality of democracy around the world. Several indicators were used to calculate the Global Democracy Ranking....

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Total Population Undernourished in 2012

About 870 million people are still undernourished around the world, specially in developing countries. Undernourishment is defined as the lack of sufficient caloric intake. The situation is specially...

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Cannabis Consumption by Country

Uruguay is on its way to legalize the production and consumption of cannabis, only waiting for the senate to pass the new bill. According to The Economist, more than 8% of Uruguay’s population ages 15...

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People Living with an HIV Diagnosis by U.S. County

Out of all the people in the United States who are HIV positive, up to one out of five are not aware of their condition. That’s just one of the interesting results highlighted by AIDSVu while preparing...

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Deaths by Hepatitis vs. Deaths by HIV by Country

HIV killed 1.47 million people in 2010. Viral hepatitis killed as many as 1.44 million people in the same year. Even though the number of deaths caused by viral hepatitis follows close that of HIV,...

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Unplanned Pregnancy By State Across the United States

Nearly half of the total 6.7 million of pregnancies taken place in the United States every year are unintended pregnancies. Although the unintended pregnancy rate has remained relatively constant in...

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How African Countries Compare to One Another

The African continent is home to 54 countries ranging from prosperous ones to countries that are plagued by violence and extreme poverty. The chart above shows how African countries compare with one...

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