Correction Appended: Oct. 1, 2007
CHILD MORTALITY
9.7 million
Number of children under age 5 who died in 2006 worldwide--a record low, down from almost 13 million in 1990
19%
Percentage of children under age 5 who died of pneumonia between 2000 and 2003. Undernutrition is the root cause of 53% of deaths in that age group
GAY RIGHTS
195
Number of major U.S. businesses that earned the highest score in the Corporate Equality Index, a Human Rights Campaign metric that rates how employers treat lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees on a scale of 0 to...
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