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United States of America. Good morning and welcome to World Health Summit 2006. Our location…. Our huge and fertile country has 52 states we are wedged in between Canada (up north) and Mexico (down south). Our country is extremely commercialized, and has cities left right and center.
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United States of America Good morning and welcome to World Health Summit 2006
Our location… • Our huge and fertile country has 52 states we are wedged in between Canada (up north) and Mexico (down south). • Our country is extremely commercialized, and has cities left right and center. • We are able to support ourselves without import, but we prefer to keep trade going as it benefits us. • Our country produces; coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber.
Population • U.S.A ‘s total population is 298,444,215. • We have 50 states each with a flag and laws of their own. But overall all of the states are governed by the president and democratic government. • 950,000 people are living with HIV/aids and 14, 000 died of it (2003 est.)
Population & wealth • Our population are a very literate population with 99% of over 15s being able to read and write. • There is Only 5.1% unemployment rate, with 12% population below our poverty line. • We are known for being a rich country with over 10 trillion dollars to our name. That’s not to say we aren't in debt by 8 trillion dollars.
Life expectancy • Males are expected to live to around 75 years old. • Females on the other hand are expected to live to 80-81 years. • Our country has a death rate (8. 26 deaths/1,000 population) of almost half the birth rate(14.14 births/1,000 population).