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I want basically to just tell you my thoughts on how I feel, when I turn on the tv, that in a space of a few minutes, a newscaster can tell you that the Queen Mother or someone who people recognise, has died, and also five hundred PEOPLE died.
Just because a human hasn't the confidence to speak up, or doesn't land in the lights... does that make them any more important? Of course not.
I don't really feel I need to say much more than these facts. These have been taken from various sources across the web, I didn't do the research myself, suprisingly. Just read all these facts, and think about them, the next time you're told someone has died.
The world's population has more than doubled from 2.5 billion in
1950 to 5.6 billion today, including 4.4 billion in the developing
world.
Half the world's population still lacks regular access to treatment
of common diseases and to the most needed essential drugs.
More than 12 million children under 5 years of age die in the
developing world every year, most from a combination of preventable
causes.
Each year more than 4 million children under 5 years die of acute
respiratory infections, particularly pneumonia. [This is equal to one
death every 8 seconds.]
Diarrhoeal diseases kill about 3 million children a year.
Measles kills about 1.2 million children a year.
Malaria kills about 1 million children a year.
More than half a million babies die each year from neonatal tetanus.
Up to 320 out of every 1000 babies do not reach their fifth birthday
in some parts of the developing world, compared to only 6 deaths
under 5 years per thousand births in some of the most developed countries.
More than 200 million children - almost a third of all the children
in the world - are undernourished.
Breast-feeding could prevent the deaths of at least 1 million
children a year.
It is estimated that by the year 2000, over 5 million children will
be infected by HIV and another 5-10 million orphaned by the HIV/AIDS
pandemic.
Pregnancy in adolescence carries a high risk of death or long-term
complications. Maternal mortality rates at ages 15-19 are double the
rates at 20-24 and the rates at ages 10-14 are five times higher in some
countries.
Compared to other age groups, sexually transmitted diseases are most
common in young people aged 15 to 24, and up to two-thirds of all
new HIV infections are expected to be in this age group.
One smoker in two will eventually die because of a cigarette habit
begun in adolescence.
Suicide rates among young people are rising more rapidly worldwide
than in all other age groups. For every successful suicide in the
developed world, some 40 adolescents attempt to kill themselves.
Of the world's 51 million deaths last year, 40 per cent were caused
by communicable diseases.
Infectious diseases and parasites are the world's biggest group of
killers, claiming 16.4 million lives each year.
Diseases of the circulatory system kill 10 million people each year,
and are the largest cause of death.
Cancer claims 6 million lives each year, including 1 million due to
cancer of the lungs and airways. Worldwide lung cancer is the
biggest single cause of cancer deaths in men.
Breast cancer is the main cause of cancer deaths among women in
developed countries and the second cause in the developing world
after cervical cancer.
The majority of cancer victims live in the developing world and
two-thirds of future cancer cases over the next 25 years will occur
there.
Overall smoking kills 6 people a minute. Smoking is the world's
largest single preventable cause of illness and death. It already
kills 3 million people a year and is expected to kill 10 million by the year
2020.
Ninety-nine per cent of deaths from communicable diseases and from
maternal, perinatal and neonatal causes occur in the developing
world.
A pregnant woman in Africa is 13.5 times more likely to die in
childbirth than one in Europe, while the mothers of more than half
of the babies born in the least developed countries have no prenatal care.
Twenty million women undergo unsafe abortions each year and 70,000
die as a result.
More than 7000 adults die each day from tuberculosis, and there are
over 1000 new cases every hour of every day.
Hepatitis B kills about 1 million people each year, but it is
preventable by vaccine.
Over 13 million adults, mainly heterosexual men and women, are
infected with HIV. Up to 60 per cent of infections in females are
believed to occur by the age of 20. Some 6000 people become infected each
day and by the year 2000, the cumulative total of HIV infections worldwide
could reach 30 to 40 million.
In the next 5 years, AIDS will have killed more than 8 million
people, most of them young adults, with women an increasing
proportion of the total. AIDS kills 6000 people a day.
In the developing world, 1 in 2 deaths is caused by communicable
disease, whereas in the developed world 3 out of 4 deaths are due
noncommunicable diseases, many of which are lifestyle-related, such as
cancer or heart disease.
Hypertension or high blood pressure, one of the major contributors
to heart disease, stroke and kidney failure, affects 8 to 18 per
cent of adults worldwide.
More than 100 million people will suffer from diabetes by the end of
this century - 90 percent of them with the form strongly linked to
lifestyle habits such as inappropriate diet and lack of exercise.
Some 500 million people suffer from neurotic, stress-related and
somatoform disorders, and another 200 million from mood disorders
such as chronic and manic depression.
Schistosomiasis, or snail fever, affects 200 million people in 74
countries. The cost of treatment - although only 30 cents per
patient - is too expensive for widespread use in many of the most affected
countries.
River blindness, or onchocerciasis, a parasitic disease, infects 18
million people in 34 countries in Africa and Latin America.
Every day about 600 people die, and another 33,000 are injured
because of unsafe working conditions. Worldwide, 90 per cent of
workers have no access to occupational health services.
Just because a human hasn't the confidence to speak up, or doesn't land in the lights... does that make them any more important? Of course not.
I don't really feel I need to say much more than these facts. These have been taken from various sources across the web, I didn't do the research myself, suprisingly. Just read all these facts, and think about them, the next time you're told someone has died.
The world's population has more than doubled from 2.5 billion in
1950 to 5.6 billion today, including 4.4 billion in the developing
world.
Half the world's population still lacks regular access to treatment
of common diseases and to the most needed essential drugs.
More than 12 million children under 5 years of age die in the
developing world every year, most from a combination of preventable
causes.
Each year more than 4 million children under 5 years die of acute
respiratory infections, particularly pneumonia. [This is equal to one
death every 8 seconds.]
Diarrhoeal diseases kill about 3 million children a year.
Measles kills about 1.2 million children a year.
Malaria kills about 1 million children a year.
More than half a million babies die each year from neonatal tetanus.
Up to 320 out of every 1000 babies do not reach their fifth birthday
in some parts of the developing world, compared to only 6 deaths
under 5 years per thousand births in some of the most developed countries.
More than 200 million children - almost a third of all the children
in the world - are undernourished.
Breast-feeding could prevent the deaths of at least 1 million
children a year.
It is estimated that by the year 2000, over 5 million children will
be infected by HIV and another 5-10 million orphaned by the HIV/AIDS
pandemic.
Pregnancy in adolescence carries a high risk of death or long-term
complications. Maternal mortality rates at ages 15-19 are double the
rates at 20-24 and the rates at ages 10-14 are five times higher in some
countries.
Compared to other age groups, sexually transmitted diseases are most
common in young people aged 15 to 24, and up to two-thirds of all
new HIV infections are expected to be in this age group.
One smoker in two will eventually die because of a cigarette habit
begun in adolescence.
Suicide rates among young people are rising more rapidly worldwide
than in all other age groups. For every successful suicide in the
developed world, some 40 adolescents attempt to kill themselves.
Of the world's 51 million deaths last year, 40 per cent were caused
by communicable diseases.
Infectious diseases and parasites are the world's biggest group of
killers, claiming 16.4 million lives each year.
Diseases of the circulatory system kill 10 million people each year,
and are the largest cause of death.
Cancer claims 6 million lives each year, including 1 million due to
cancer of the lungs and airways. Worldwide lung cancer is the
biggest single cause of cancer deaths in men.
Breast cancer is the main cause of cancer deaths among women in
developed countries and the second cause in the developing world
after cervical cancer.
The majority of cancer victims live in the developing world and
two-thirds of future cancer cases over the next 25 years will occur
there.
Overall smoking kills 6 people a minute. Smoking is the world's
largest single preventable cause of illness and death. It already
kills 3 million people a year and is expected to kill 10 million by the year
2020.
Ninety-nine per cent of deaths from communicable diseases and from
maternal, perinatal and neonatal causes occur in the developing
world.
A pregnant woman in Africa is 13.5 times more likely to die in
childbirth than one in Europe, while the mothers of more than half
of the babies born in the least developed countries have no prenatal care.
Twenty million women undergo unsafe abortions each year and 70,000
die as a result.
More than 7000 adults die each day from tuberculosis, and there are
over 1000 new cases every hour of every day.
Hepatitis B kills about 1 million people each year, but it is
preventable by vaccine.
Over 13 million adults, mainly heterosexual men and women, are
infected with HIV. Up to 60 per cent of infections in females are
believed to occur by the age of 20. Some 6000 people become infected each
day and by the year 2000, the cumulative total of HIV infections worldwide
could reach 30 to 40 million.
In the next 5 years, AIDS will have killed more than 8 million
people, most of them young adults, with women an increasing
proportion of the total. AIDS kills 6000 people a day.
In the developing world, 1 in 2 deaths is caused by communicable
disease, whereas in the developed world 3 out of 4 deaths are due
noncommunicable diseases, many of which are lifestyle-related, such as
cancer or heart disease.
Hypertension or high blood pressure, one of the major contributors
to heart disease, stroke and kidney failure, affects 8 to 18 per
cent of adults worldwide.
More than 100 million people will suffer from diabetes by the end of
this century - 90 percent of them with the form strongly linked to
lifestyle habits such as inappropriate diet and lack of exercise.
Some 500 million people suffer from neurotic, stress-related and
somatoform disorders, and another 200 million from mood disorders
such as chronic and manic depression.
Schistosomiasis, or snail fever, affects 200 million people in 74
countries. The cost of treatment - although only 30 cents per
patient - is too expensive for widespread use in many of the most affected
countries.
River blindness, or onchocerciasis, a parasitic disease, infects 18
million people in 34 countries in Africa and Latin America.
Every day about 600 people die, and another 33,000 are injured
because of unsafe working conditions. Worldwide, 90 per cent of
workers have no access to occupational health services.
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Bloomingness level estus high. THe world really is an effed up place.
haWKed wrote:
>
> but would you die to save a child?
If it was my child - Definately.
>
> but would you die to save a child?
If it was my child - Definately.
haWKed wrote:
> Mouldy Cheese wrote:
> If you want to go down that road, i'd just like to say -
>
> 'When a mouse can't die to save a child, you have won'
>
> but would you die to save a child?
Depends if I knew the childs future of not.
Very teleological :)
> Mouldy Cheese wrote:
> If you want to go down that road, i'd just like to say -
>
> 'When a mouse can't die to save a child, you have won'
>
> but would you die to save a child?
Depends if I knew the childs future of not.
Very teleological :)
When the hell did you turn political?
Always thought you were more heavily self-involved and accepted the world you lived in... or something :)
When I was doing my essay for English on The Third World... I went on a web-site for information and there was a counter of how many people died due to their countries debt... I was there for a few minutes and the population of my town had died (70000)... so it shows you.
And also there is this packet that costs about 27p that is full of nutrients and such that could save millions of people from simple stuff like dihoriea, mulnitrition and such.
I'm aff to bed.
Always thought you were more heavily self-involved and accepted the world you lived in... or something :)
When I was doing my essay for English on The Third World... I went on a web-site for information and there was a counter of how many people died due to their countries debt... I was there for a few minutes and the population of my town had died (70000)... so it shows you.
And also there is this packet that costs about 27p that is full of nutrients and such that could save millions of people from simple stuff like dihoriea, mulnitrition and such.
I'm aff to bed.
Sorry, but I judge people above animals. There are some damn awful people out there... but there are some fantastic ones too.
No, I wouldn't.
When it comes to a 'me dead, or one other person' dead situation, I choose me. Because I quite like me, and I don't know who the hell the other person is.
When it comes to a 'me dead, or one other person' dead situation, I choose me. Because I quite like me, and I don't know who the hell the other person is.
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