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16
= Of the 16 least healthy states, the number
that voted to re-elect President Bush, according
to Minnetonka-based United Health Foundation's
ranking of the country's healthiest states, which
was released in mid-November 2004.(2) |
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8
= Of the 10 healthiest states ranked, the
number that voted to elect Sen. John Kerry.(2) |
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13
= the number that voted to re-elect President
Bush of the 13 states showing the least improvement
in health since 1990 -- the longest range available
in the United Health Foundation's report.(2)
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20
= The number of Nobel Prize laureates who signed
a Union of Concerned Scientists report accusing
the Bush administration of manipulating, suppressing,
and misrepresenting science to suit its political
agenda.(2) |
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1st
= This year's deficit is on course to be the largest
in US history.(1) |
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1st
= The record for the most bankruptcies filed in
a single year (1.57 million) was set in 2002.(1) |
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232
= Number of American combat deaths in Iraq between
May 2003 and January 2004 (1) |
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5
= Number of hours after the attacks on the World
Trade Center that Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld told aides to come up with plans for
striking Iraq, even though there was no evidence
linking Iraq to the attacks.(1) |
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3
= Percent given to Arab nations of the $23.2
billion in grants pledged to the reconstruction
of Iraq.(1) |
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0
= Number of American combat deaths in Germany
after the Nazi surrender to the Allies in May
1945.(1) |
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0
= Number of coffins of dead soldiers returning
home from Iraq that the Bush administration has
allowed to be photographed.(1) |
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0
= Number of funerals or memorials that President
Bush has attended for soldiers killed in Iraq.
(1) |
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100
= Number of fund-raisers attended by Bush or Vice
President Dick Cheney in 2003.(1) |
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13
= Number of vacation days the average American
worker receives each year.(1)
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28
= Number of vacation days President Bush took
in August, 2003.(1) |
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531
to 1 = Ratio of pay to CEOs at 365 top companies
to the pay of their average hourly worker in 2000.(2)
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57
to 1 = Ratio of pay in Brazil, the country
with the 2nd-highest gap, of CEO to average worker
pay.(2) |
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1st
= Rank of the US worldwide in terms of greenhouse
gas emissions per capita.(1) |
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70,000
= Number of premature deaths that occur every
year due to air pollution, more than homicides
and auto accidents.(3) |
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1
in 6 = Ratio of American newborns exposed
to dangerous levels of mercury in the womb. That's
twice as many as in a previous estimate.
(4) |
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3.5
parts per billion = The maximum concentration
of mercury in blood considered "safe"
by the EPA (lowered from 5.8) and exceeded by
630,000 women giving birth each year. Mercury
exposure causes lasting heart damage in children
along with brain-related impairments of mobility,
vision, memory, and learning.(4) |
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5
= Tons of mercury emissions allowed per year by
2007 under President Clinton's proposed EPA direction
from the current level of 48 tons per year.(4) |
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34
= Tons of mercury emissions allowed per year by
2018 under President Bush's proposed pollution
credit exchange.(4) |
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12
= The number of paragraphs written nearly verbatim
in the Bush administration's EPA policy on mercury
when compared with two memos prepared by utility
lobbyists as reported by the Washington Post.(4) |
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4887
= Dollars spend per capita in US on healthcare
in 2001.(5) |
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2163
= Dollars spend per capita in Canada on healthcare
in 2001.(5) |
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9.8
= Maternal deaths per 100,000 women in the
US in 2003, according to the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development.(5)
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3.4
= Maternal deaths per 100,000 women in Canada
in 2003.(5) |
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77.3
= Years of life expectancy at birth in the
US, according to the World Health Organization
in 2003.(5) |
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79.8
= Years of life expectancy at birth in Canada
in 2003.(5) |
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26th
= Ranking of the United States in life expectancy
compared to the rest of the world, according to
the United Nation's Human Development Report.
Japan leads the world (with 81.9 years) followed
by Sweden, Hong Kong, Iceland, and Canada.(5)
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1=Independent
Digital (UK) Limited.
2=Star Tribune's
By The Numbers, etc. 3=EarthJustice(www.earthjustice.org).
4=
Minneapolis Star Tribune
(2/12/04)
5=
Minneapolis Star Tribune
(2/15/04)
6=Minneapolis Star Tribune (4/24/05),
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