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Teenage Pregnancy

Compared to the other 11 countries, United States has averaged more pregnancies, births, and abortions per 1,000 girls while having the lowest ratio of births to abortions.

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Health Status //pt.knoema.com/gldwcbe/health-status 2014-03-19T21:40:42Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Health Status

Using various indicators of the health condition of each country, we find that the United States has higher infant and child mortality rates, smokes less, is very obese, and has a relatively low life expectancy for the modern nations compared.

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Environment //pt.knoema.com/ayjsuye/environment 2014-03-13T19:38:44Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Environment

Norway and Sweden prevail as the most committed and the United States ranks near last in all 3 indices among the countries studied.

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Technology //pt.knoema.com/rfozlxb/technology 2014-01-15T10:38:09Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Technology

As the expansion of technology has come to imply more opportunities for education, the United States, a presumed leader, has surprisingly fallen behind in two key international statistics: internet users and broadband subscribers per 100 persons.

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Basic Education //pt.knoema.com/iaxwmfb/basic-education 2013-12-30T14:58:36Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Basic Education

This page explores enrollment, expenditure spent on, and test scores for basic education. Although the percent of GDP the United States spends on education is moderate in relations to the other countries, its Science and Math scores are ranked relatively poorly.

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Work and Leisure //pt.knoema.com/dmcrnx/work-and-leisure 2013-11-22T15:27:01Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Work and Leisure

The United States ranks last among countries compared in vacation days per year and are 2nd in hours worked per year, while the French are clearly the best rested.

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Voting

The United States has the 4th to lowest voter turnout among the 12 countries studied and a low representation of women in either house of its Senate.

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Social Justice //pt.knoema.com/igcpumb/social-justice 2013-11-22T09:53:32Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Social Justice

OECD's Social Justice Index is based on the following measures: poverty prevention, access to education, labor market inclusion, social cohesion and non-discrimination, health, and intergererational justice.

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Rule of Law 2 //pt.knoema.com/crxwvhb/rule-of-law-2 2013-11-22T09:48:29Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Rule of Law 2

The Rule The World Justice Project has recently released its first annual report, which it claims is the most comprehensive perspectives concerning Rule of Law, and clearly indicates that the United States is far behind other modern nations like Sweden and the Netherlands in maintaining a relevant and applicable rule of law among its government, the public, and other nongovernmental influences. The Freedom of the Press Index has also been added in which Sweden and Netherlands also lead.of Law Index is based on three factors, described below, and five other factors described on Rule of Law 1.

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Population

The population page attempts to provide a general survey among the 12 countries compared by assessing fertility rates, population growth rates, and rates of natural increase.

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Military //pt.knoema.com/jmiycve/military 2013-11-22T09:38:40Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Military

The United States’ number of nuclear warheads and military expenditures as a percent of GDP are the most intriguing statistics on this page.

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International Aid //pt.knoema.com/rkjrvlc/international-aid 2013-11-22T09:21:46Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
International Aid

The United States, according to the Commitment to Development Index, compares fairly poorly in comparison to other developed countries and has the third lowest percent of Gross National Income dedicated to aid among the twelve countries in this study. The Millinneum Development Goals recommends 0.7% of GNI going towards international aid in order to overcome extreme poverty. Four of the twelve advanced democracies meet this goal.

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Income Distribution //pt.knoema.com/xvoddjd/income-distribution 2013-11-22T09:19:16Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Income Distribution

The United States rank last in child income poverty, has the largest difference in P90/P10, and has the highest percentage of people living below 50% median income.

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Housing //pt.knoema.com/owcdzyd/housing 2013-11-22T08:40:29Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Housing

The most notable statistic from Housing are the numbers from Canada and the United States' houses with 6 or more rooms, doubling most other modern countries mentioned here.

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Health Care //pt.knoema.com/jlxhmub/health-care 2013-11-21T20:45:36Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Health Care

The health care page compares each country’s health system and how much money it spends on it, noting that the United States has one of the world’s worst health systems according to the World Health Organization, yet spends the most money among the nations compared.

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Gender Equality //pt.knoema.com/bhcurcb/gender-equality 2013-11-21T20:37:31Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Gender Equality

This page surveys gender equality by country and focuses on each country’s promotion of not only women’s rights, but women in positions of power.

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Economy //pt.knoema.com/mzsdqod/economy 2013-11-21T13:55:33Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Economy

The United States’ economic performance compared to other countries is strong in terms of GDP per capita as one might would guess; however, tax revenue as a percent of GDP is much lower in relation to the other countries studied.

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Competitiveness 1

The United States ranks as the fifth most competitive economy in the index and has made recent improvements along with other countries in its current accounts balance.

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Rule of Law 1 //pt.knoema.com/ejvcxvg/rule-of-law-1 2013-11-17T17:41:04Z International Comparisons pt.knoema.com://pt.knoema.com/user/1100180
Rule of Law 1

The World Justice Project report indicates that the United States is far behind other modern nations like Sweden and the Netherlands in maintaining a relevant and applicable rule of law among its government, the public, and other nongovernmental influences.

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