GLOBALIZATION STATISTICS

Number of people who died of hunger on 11 September 2001*:

24,000

Number of children killed by diarrhoea on 11 September 2001*:

 6,020

Number of children killed by measles on 11 September*

2,700

Number of malnourished children in developing countries:

149 million

Number of people without access to safe drinking water:

1,100 million

Number of people without access to adequate sanitation:

2,400 million

Number of people living on less than one dollar a day:

 1,200 million

Number of African children under 15 living with HIV:

1.1 million

Number of children without access to basic education:

100 million

Number of illiterate adults:

875 million

Number of women who die each year in pregnancy and childbirth:

515,000

Annual average number of people killed by drought and famine 1972-96:

73,606

Annual average number of children killed in conflict, 1990-2000:

200,000

Annual average number of children made homeless by conflict,
1990-2000:

1.2 million

Source: British on line magazine New Internationalist November 2001 edition.
* Assuming equal distribution through the year.