Интереснейший сравнительный анализ с табличками, фактами и ссылками на тему “Китай против США” был приведён в блоге Aimee Barnes.
| Indicators | China | United States |
| The Basics | ||
| Total population | 1,330,044,544 | 304,059,724 |
| Life expectancy at birth-male | 72 | 75 |
| Life expectancy at birth- female | 75 | 80 |
| Infant mortality rate (2005-2010 projection) | 32/1,000 live births | 6.86/1,000 live births |
| Sex | ||
| Condom sales | $530 million | *** |
| Average price for a pack of condoms | $4.50 (Shanghai) | $14.50 (New York) |
| Female sex worker population | 1 to 10 million | 1 million |
| Male sex worker population | *** | *** |
| Population living with HIV | 700,000 | 1.1 Million |
| Annual number of deaths from AIDS | 10,000 (extrapolated from Jan.-Sept. 2008) | 12,113 |
| Number of adults with genital herpes virus | *** | 45 million |
| Incidence of syphilis | 5.3 per 100,000 | 2.7 per 100,000 |
| Addiction | ||
| % of drug addicts, total population | 0.054% | 2.9% |
| Population of tobacco smokers | 350 million | 43.4 million |
| Annual tobacco-related deaths | 1 million | 443,000 |
| Annual DUI-related fatalities | *** | 11,773 |
| Annual alcohol consumption per capita | 1.4 gallons | 2.18 gallons |
| % of population overweight (by individual country standards) | 22.8% | 35.7% |
| % population with alcohol dependence over a lifetime | *** | 12% |
| Seizures of heroin and morphine in kg equivalents | 4,759 | 2,447 |
| Seizures of methamphetamines in metric tons | 74.10 | 34.94 |
| % total pop. using any illicit drug within 1 month | *** | 8.3% |
| Cash | ||
| Migrant Worker Population (definitions vary between countries) |
140,000,000 | 7,200,000 |
| Population of millionaires (more than $1M USD in assets) |
364,000 | 2.5 million |
| Percent of population below the poverty line (definitions vary between countries; dependent on individual country standards) |
8% | 12% |
| Reported unemployment rate | 4.2% | 9.5% |
| Annual Military Spending | $122 billion | $711 billion |
| Informal economy in % of GNP | 13.1% | 9% |
| Counterfeits as % of GDP | 8% | *** |
| Crime and Time | ||
| Population of adults in prison (incarcerated) | 1.5 million | 2.3 million |
| Number of executions | at least 1718 | 37 |
| Number of inmates on death row | at least 7003 | at least 111 |
| Total Annual Recorded Rapes | 35,819 | 89,110 |
| Total Annual Estimated Suicides | 250,000-300,000 | 32,000 |
| Total Annual Intentional Homicide | 2.36 per 100,000 | 5.8 per 100,000 |
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