China Investigation

1. Gross National Income per capita

The GNI per capita is the dollar value of a country’s final income in a year, divided by its population. It reflects the average income of a country’s citizens. By knowing the GNI we can understand the country’s economic strengths and needs, as well as the standard of living of each citizen. If there is more GNI the people living in the country tend to have longer life expectancies, higher literacy rates, better access to safe water, and lower infant mortality rates.

China: $ 4,940

2. Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy equals the average number of years a person born in a given country would live if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. There are several factors that could affect the quality of the healthcare like ongoing wars, obesity, every-day life, etc.

China 2013: 75 years

China 2011: 75.56 years Male: 74.05 Female: 77.17

3. Infant Mortality Rate

The number of children dying at less than 1 year of age, divided by the number of live births that year.

China 2013: 15.20 or 15.62 deaths / 1, 000 live births

4. Population

All of the people inhabiting a specified area.

Current Population: 1,354,040,000.

Male Population: 706, 248, 918 (51.9%)

Female Population: 654,061,370 (48.1%)

Every 1.90 sec. a baby is born in China.

Every hour 1 890.6 persons are born.

Every 3.33 sec. one person dies in China.

Every hour die 1 081.4 persons.

5. Urban Population

The population of an incorporated area, such as a city or town.

China 2012: 712 million (52.6%)

6. Population Density

The number of people living per unit of an area (per m2)

China 2012: 140.36 per km2

7. Literacy Rate

The condition or quality of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.

China 2010:

Literacy Rate: 94.2%

Male Literacy: 96.7%

Female Literacy: 91.5%

8. Ecological Footprints

Impact of human activities measured in terms of the area of biologically productive land and water required to produce the goods consumed.

China 2010:

- Ecological footprint in gha/pers: 2.21

- Biocapacity in gha/pers: 0.98

- Ecological remainder in gha/pers: -1.23

9. Poverty Rate

A level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according to governmental standards

China 2011: 13.4%

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