Lights and Shadows of the World's Top Country
What would be the spots where the United States reigns as the strongest country in the world?
US weekly magazine ‘Parade,’ issued on January 14, reports that the nation leads some sectors as the world's strongest country in occupation, economy and military power, having less than five percent of the world population. However, there are areas like medicine and prevention of crime where the US is like a backward nation in those certain sections.
First of all, Nobel prize winners outnumber any other country in the world at 296. Wealthy people with more than a billion dollars reach to 371. Gold medalists in the 2004 Summer Olympics numbered 32 athletes and the total number of medals was 102, taking the top position.
There are 25,327,000 Internet users, topping them all, along with the total length of road systems (6,405,000 km) and railways (226,604km), and the number of airports (14,858).
As the world's most oil-consuming country, the US uses a quarter of the world's total supply. It is behind military powers China and India in numbers, but the country dispatched approximately 460,000 soldiers to 144 countries, reaching the summit. Armed with high-technology military equipment, nuclear warheads and military expenses are sky high.
With GDP around thirteen trillion dollars and gold reserves of about fifteen hundred billion dollars it holds the premier position, but it also holds debt of over eight trillion dollars so the US is the number one debtor country. In addition, the US is a red-ink trading nation and handed over the top place to China for producing beer, tomatoes, walnuts, exporting cotton and importing watches.
However, the US spends 5,700 dollars per person a year in medical expenses that pressures people with medical costs more than any other nation. Medical expenses cover fifteen percent of GDP. Medical teams per person are less than Mongolia or Lebanon, placing it 44th. Beds for patients come to the 50th spot, infant death ratio comes to 34th falling back to Cuba, death of pregnant women stays at 29th, general life span is 29th for males and 30th for females.
Some 737 prisoners out of one hundred thousand are held in solitary confinement, taking the first place. At the end of 2005, executions follow China, Iran and Saudi Arabia, coming in at fourth place. Looking at reliable data for prosecution of criminal cases in 53 nations, rape takes third place after South Africa and Canada, and murder ranks 15th.
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