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Monday, October 24, 2011

if uganda were your home...

instead of the US, you would...

be 9 times more likely to have HIV/AIDS...
The number of adults living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda is 5.40% while in the United States it is 0.60%.


have 10.4 times higher chance of dying in infancy...
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in Uganda is 63.70 while in the United States it is 6.14.


have 3.4 time more babies...
The annual number of births per 1,000 people in Uganda is 47.55 while in the United States it is 13.83.


die 25.26 years sooner...
The life expectancy at birth in Uganda is 52.98 while in the United States it is 78.24.


use 99.5% less electricity...
The per capita consumption of electricity in Uganda is 62kWh while in the United States it is 12,484kWh.


use 99.38% less oil...
Uganda consumes 0.0163 gallons of oil per day per capita while the United States consumes 2.6400


make 97.2% less money...
The GDP per capita in Uganda is $1,300 while in the United States it is $46,400


spend 98.24% less money on health care...
Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Uganda are $71 USD while the United States spends $6,719 USD


experience 1.56% more of a class divide...
The GINI index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income. In Uganda it is 45.70 while in the United States it is 45.00.


To learn more about these Ugandan statistics or to make US comparisons to other countries, check out the website "If It Were My Home".

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