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...
View ArticleU.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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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....
View ArticleTotal 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...
View ArticleCannabis 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...
View ArticlePeople 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...
View ArticleDeaths 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,...
View ArticleUnplanned 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...
View ArticleHow 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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