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on It began in Africa (Kenya), 09/Jun/2011 17:00, 34 days ago
Statistics. With astatisticianfather (and a massive crush onBen Goldacre), I am nervous of publishing this blog post. On the other hand I work in PR, so using spurious statistics about things "being the size of Wales" is part and parcel of my career. Anyway, I'm going to give it a go so see what you think...Kenya: Ranks 128 out of 169 countries on theUN Human Development Index (HDI) (2010)UK:Ranks 26 out of 169 countries on theUN HDI (2010)Kenya:inflation is at 12%(May 2011)UK:inflation is at 4.5%(RPI, April 2011)Kenya: Life Expectancy 54.9 years (2009, World Bank)UK: Life Expectancy 80.1 years(2009, World Bank)N.B. Worth checking out the links - the graphs are interestingKenya: Women comprise9% of ParliamentUK: Women comprise22% of ParliamentKenya:Median age 18.9UK:Median age 40Kenya: Adult literacy rate 73.6% (Unesco, 2009)UK: Adult literacy rate 99%(Unesco, 2009)Kenya:Population growth rate 2.5%UK:Population growth rate 0.6%Kenya: Infant Mortality 79 per every 1000 live births (2009,World Bank- tip: use side bar for comparison)UK: Infant Mortality 4.6 per every 1000 live birthsKenya: Under 5 mortality 120 per every 1000 live births (2009,World Bank)UK: Under 5 mortality 5.5 per every 1000 live birthsKenya: Maternal Mortality 413.4 per every 100,000 live births (2008)UK: Maternal Mortality 8.2 per every 100,000 live birthsKenya:National HIV Prevalence Rate 6.3%UK:National HIV Prevalence Rate approx. 0.2%