It means that if an American is sick, he has to pay to be healed. ... These persons should take a look at the statistics before saying such things. In fact, more than 37 % of the Americans live below poverty rate, even if America is considered as the wealthiest country on the planet. ... People are starving while others have more money than the whole population of some African countries. ... In conclusion, it is evident that the United States of America is not the country where we should want to spend the rest of our life, because there is no public health care, more than a third of the popula...

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This was enough for dismissal and led to 100,000 Americans being dismissed over the next 50 years. ... In 1973, the American Psychological Association voted to remove homosexuality as a diagnosis, admitting it did not need a cure. In 1986, the American Counseling Association followed suit and removed it as a diagnosis from the DSM. ... In 1990, President Bush President Bush signed into law the Hate Crime Statistics Act, the first federal law to include the term "sexual orientation." ... Census Bureau (2012), statistics reveal a growing number of same-sex marriage households. ...

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Over population is one of the world's biggest environmental issues. ... The second country the documentary mentions is America. Our current population is 313.9 million people. ... One child in America will pollute and waste more over a lifetime than 30 children in India. In contradiction to America and Japan's statistics, the average child per woman in Sub-Saharan Africa is 6. ...

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In fact, in the 1940s, population experts were predicting that the American population would stop growing. ... This article is about the United States, the aging population, is expected to have increasing impacts on the economy, politics, society, and culture. As Aimee Howd states: "they may be aging, but they're powerful and statistics show that America's baby boomers, who number 77 million, are an incredibly active, cohesive and effective lobby." ... The author also states that: "Fifteen years into the third millennium they will become the largest generation of retirees in Ame...

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This couldn't happen in America right? ... Japan, Great Britain, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, and Australia are six countries with stricter gun control laws and about the same population when combined as the United States. ... This means that as long as you are not in the worst 2.9% of the population, you will be able to purchase a gun (United States 15). Although these statistics seem large, keep in mind that these statistics are legal gun transactions. ... The facts do not lie about the availability of guns in American society. ...

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Latinos constitute 19% of the prison and jail population compared to their overall 15% share of the population. ... While African American youth represents 17% of their age group within the general population, they represent 46% of juvenile arrests (The Sentencing Project 2008). The US Bureau of Justice Statistics concludes that the chance of a black male born in 2001 of going to jail is 32% or 1 in 3. ... Whites comprise the majority of the American population, blacks about 12.7%, and Latinos represent about 11.7%. ... (How is the criminal justice system racist, 2005) The disparities found in...

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They started 28% of all new U.S businesses in 20111, despite accounting for just 12.9% of the population (Alsever 2014). Since the 1970's immigration has been the primary driver of U.S population growth (Hurlbert 2013). ... These statistics show that immigrants are willing to take the lower paying, undesirable jobs that some Americans won't take. ... America is the third most populous nation on earth, and combined with our annual 1% growth rate, higher than most developing nations, America is on track to double its population by the end of the century. ... Over time, the elder popu...

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Current statistics show that women and children now make up around forty percent of the homeless population. ... According to the Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics homelessness in America has several causes. ... Despite these facts and statistics, little else is known about these people. ... We want to think of America the beautiful, not America the country with 700,000 people that have no roof over their heads. ... It ruins our image of America the beautiful, the land of the free and the brave. ...

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The Study which analyzed statistics from the U.S Department of Education, found that despite the greater numbers of minority students in college, blacks and Hispanics were behind whites and Asian Americans in graduation rates. ... All of these statistics show how much the minority population is being discriminated against. While helping the minority population, there is some backlash that is occurring against the white portion of our population. ... In general, African Americans and Hispanics continue to be in the back of the pack compared to the white population. Asian Americans are still ...

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Americans are guaranteed certain rights such as life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ... The demographic of white land owning males was only a fraction of the population, causing the representation to be very biased; women, African Americans, young adults and Native Americans were all denied the right to vote. ... A key demographic was still missing even after women, African Americans and Native Americans; young adults still did not have the right to vote. ... (textbook 403) The previous statistics imply that America was not a true representative democracy until 1971; this level of polit...

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The language is most commonly used by the deaf population in North America and is the major communication alternative for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. ... ASL is an exceptional form of communication and beneficial to an enormous part of the population. ... This amazing statistics have a good impact in the deaf community. ... According to an Occupational Employment Statistics, in May 2013 only in New York there were 3700 interpreters in sign languages. ... (Scientific American). ...

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In the book, The Paradox of American Power, Joseph Nye, discusses American power and influence from a global level of analysis. Moreover, Nye explains America's challenges as a major player in an ever-changing world. ... Although China's population is nearly 4 1/2 times that of the U.S., the old adage of quality, not quantity, comes into play. ... The only factor, which makes them a player in world affairs, is their large population and the possession of nuclear weapons. ... He also goes on to give statistics regarding public confidence in institutions such as universities, major...

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Racial profiling primarily affects African-Americans and Hispanics. ... Bob Vogel began accumulating tremendous arrest statistics and earned the attention of the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). ... Statistically speaking, blacks create a disproportionate amount of the crime in America. According to the Wall Street Journal, March 11th, 1999, blacks are only 12% of the American population. ... The statistics overwhelmingly support tough laws to fight drugs. ...

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They have reached across the world and have expanded into becoming one of the biggest life-threatening infections that haunt America and all other countries in our world. ... Some startling statistics that I found on-line regarding the HIV infection is of follows: "Africa with at least 25 million infected, Asia with 6 million, South America with 1-2 million, North and Central America with 1 million, and Europe with also 1 million"(traveldoctoronline.net). ... Rates of incidence per 100,000 were calculated for adolescents, for young adults and for the total population"(Christine ...

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More than half the population of America supports the legalization of marijuana. ... Benefits of legalizing marijuana in America far outweigh the negatives. ... Available statistics indicate that almost 19 million Americans smoke pot and about 60% of American adult population has smoked pot in their lifetime. ... The American government has always had strained diplomatic relationships with Latin American nations because of its stringent drug policy. ... Even as half the American population especially the youth wait in anticipation to 'light it up' without being bothered by the polic...

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The statistics, however, point the opposite direction, indicating that capital punishment has little to no effect on the occurrence of crime and is a profoundly discriminatory and a morally conflicting practice. ... In the 1980's death penalty states averaged an annual rate of 7.5 criminal homicides per 100,000 population, and abolition states averaged a rate of 7.4. ... Statistics are particularly prevalent when confirming racial discrimination. ... During these years African Americans comprised twelve percent of the United States population. The abolition of ...

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We are losing this population at a steady and alarming rate. ... Environmental forces that influence this population is poverty, family demographics and the environment in which they were raised. ... In order to give the nation's African American males the opportunity to be successful, the government and communities must give priority to pursuing an equality agenda that allows this population to thrive and reach their full potential. ... As previously stated, this issue affects all of us, not just the population who is experiencing this issue. ... With the continued homicides of Black mal...

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The Central Statistics Office of Ireland show an Irish population of 8.2 million in 1841 and just a decade later it shows a population of 6.6 million and it kept on decreasing over to the 20th century. ... That is why even today places like Boston and New York have a massive Irish-American population. ... Ireland was one of the world most densely populated countries and after the massive decrease in population Ireland suffered economic and political consequences. For example because Ireland's population had dropped so much there were more jobs than workers available. ... This created a l...

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Dallas's population in 2010 was 1,197,833, while San Antonio's population was 1,327,605 in 2010. The breakdown of the population was Dallas: Whites 50.7%, San Antonio: Whites 72.6%, Dallas: Black or African American 25.0%, San Antonio: Black or African American 6.9%, Dallas: American Indian and Alaskan Native .7%, San Antonio: American Indian and Alaskan Native .9%, Dallas: Asian 2.9%, San Antonio: Asian 2.4%, Dallas: Two or more races 2.6%, San Antonio: Two or more races 3.4%, Dallas: Hispanic or Latino 42.4%, San Antonio: 63.2%, and Dallas: White not Hispanic or Latino 28.8%, San A...

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Illiteracy in American had continued to grow. ... These statistics make it extremely clear; illiteracy is on an increasing span on our American nation. ... Less than 10 percent of the population in need is being reached." ... Department of Education statistics show that 60% of prison inmates are illiterate and 85% of all juvenile offenders have reading problems. ... In 1870, 20 percent of the entire adult population was illiterate, and 80 percent of the black population was illiterate. ...

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Native Americans, as a race, have suffered from the very beginning of contact with the English colonists. They once constituted 100 percent of the population in North America, whereas today they represent 2 percent of the population. ... Disease accounted for most of the deaths of the Native Americans. ... The Pequot name was later removed from all of New England's maps so that there was no recollection of their existence Statistics largely support the case of genocide against the Natives. ... To conclude, I firmly believe, based on statistical proof and actions by the colonists, t...

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In some arguments, the internment camps were referred to as "Concentration camps", like the ones the Nazis used on the Jewish population during WWII. ... And another argument is that the Japanese Americans received unfair treatment as result of the camps. ... Which isn't true, because simply searching the statistics of interned German and Italian internments on google can show you otherwise. ... This is why what America did was very unprofessional and very prejudice against every Japanese American or immigrant. ... The American Japanese did nothing, I just think we were a littl...

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Demographics and Causes of Underage Drinking Statistics shows the differences between different race and ages of underage adolescent drinkers. ... This evidence shows that there is a need for continued research among the different populations of care. According to Hopkins, the exposure to African American youth to alcohol advertising is said to be more than any other population of race. In 2004 statistics had shown that 34% of African American youth saw more alcohol advertising in magazines compared to other youth in general. ... Compared to African Americans ad Asian American adolescents, Eur...

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African-Americans and Hispanics make up most of the prison population in America. ... This could be the cause of why the American prison population is so populated with minority prisoners. ... In figure 1, it shows the statistics of race that is imprisoned per 100,000 people in the United States in 2010. ... African Americans make up most of the population in the jails today. ... Population (Hartman, "End Racial Discrimination"). ...

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This information and other independent studies by the author and the University of California - Berkeley, have provided the numerical statistics in this report. ... There are over 60 million Americans who are considered obese, which is to say that 60 million Americans have a Body Mass Index equal to or greater than 30 BMI. ... Right now over 20% of our population can be considered obese by these BMI standards. ... Certain people do have legitimate medical reasons for being obese such as pituitary disorders and hereditary diabetes, but that represents a very small percent of our population....

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