No
explanation needed for this
section. Murders. Guns.
Jails. Crimes. Judges. We
have all of that and more
out here. Actually we go
deeper than your routine
crime beat sections. How
many adults were prosecuted?
What percentage were
convicted? How many were
women? What is the death
penalty rate in different
countries? How safe do the
citizens perceive they are?
Do they trust the police?
Will they report a crime?
You'll find surprising
answers here. View this statistics
2.
Disasters
The
tsunami rocked the civilized
world with its widespread
devastation. Learn the
details of the losses
incurred by the countries
affected. How are the
developed countries helping
out? Who has pledged the
most money? How do they
compare? Check out... View this statistics
3. Health
Statistics
about the health of a
country's citizens are
present in this category.
You can find stats related
to birth weights, rates on
smoking, HIV incidence,
incidence of cancer,
circulatory and other
diseases, stats on infant
and maternal mortality, life
expectancy, suicide rates,
teenage pergnancy and other
health related topics. We
also have some details on
health expenditure and
health care funding out
here. View this statistics
4. Internet
What
is the internet penetration
levels in countries? How
many have broadband access?
How many of its citizens use
livejournals? What is the
countrywise distribution of
linux servers, secure
servers, ISPs? Find out the
answers here. View this statistics
5. Media
Countries
are ranked here depending on
the penetration level of
computers, phones, fax
machines, radios, television
sets, mobile phones etc. We
also have other stats
related to media like
vastness of different
networks, revenue and
employment in different
telecom sectors here. View this statistics
6. Military
Want
to know the size of the army
in Iran? The number of tanks
in Germany? Want to compare
the weapon holdings in North
and South Korea? Worried
about the WMDs world over?
Need to know the exact
number of countries who have
signed terrorism
conventions? Or just curious
about the coalition forces
in the Gulf War? We've tried
to collect all details
available in the public
domain for you here. View this statistics
7. People
Facts
relating to the actual life
of people are found here. So
we have birth and death
rates, marriage and divorce
rates, single parents,
one-person households and
teenage pregnancies, size of
households and elderly
institutions, ethnicity and
chinese population - just
about every stat you always
wanted to know! What is the
average age of women when
they first get married? How
happy are they when compared
to their mothers? What is
the gender development index
in different countries? What
will the population be in
2020? Don't miss this
category even if you didn't
come searching for it
specifically. View this statistics
8. Religion
Where
else could you find the
number of Catholics,
Catholic priests, Catholic
parishes, Jehovahs Witnesses
and the number of permanent
deacons, and compare them
all between major nations in
a per-capita format? Check
them all here. View this statistics
9.
Sports
Who
scored the maximum medals in
the olympics? What about the
summer and winter olympics?
What are the latest FIFA
rankings? Which country has
the maximum number of Mt.
Everest ascents? Get all the
answers in this sports
section. View this statistics
10.
Terrorism
This
is a category which needs
particular highlighting as
the growing concern and need
for awareness continues to
press upon our front pages,
in the minds of our
leadership and politicians,
and indeed, in our everyday
conversations. We hope to
expand this category into
timely and essential data
you can rely on to make
sense of global and national
security, political and
societal violence, and our
perceptions which are shaped
by these notions. View this statistics
