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1. In 2015 Nigeria was declared Polio-free by the WHO, a whopping 36 years after the U.S.
the same amount of time it takes to go to college 9 times
2. Between 300 and 500 million people are infected by Malaria worldwide each year
that's between 20,000 and 33,000 times more people than the number of students at large colleges
3. Nearly 37 million people are now living with HIV...
roughly 22 times more than the number of college professors in the U.S.
4. ...2.6 million are under the age of 15
roughly 20 times more than the number of graduate TA's in the U.S.
5. As of October 2015 there were 11,297 confirmed Ebola deaths in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
roughly 123 times the number of essay pages the average college freshmen writes in a year
6. 21.6 million women experience an unsafe abortion worldwide each year
roughly 147,945 times the number of essay pages the average college senior writes in a year
7. 47,000 women die from complications of unsafe abortions each year
3,133 times the number of hours an average college student spends studying every week
8. The U.S. has the highest rate of STDs of any nation in the industrialized world
...I think we can all agree that this doesn't need to be put in perspective
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