SIERRA LEONE

Population: 5,743,725 (July 2014 est.)

Average age: 19
TITLE:
Life Expectancy
male: 54.85 years
female: 60 years (2014 est.)

Safe Drinking Water

urban: 87.1% of population
rural: 42.4% of population
total: 60.1% of population

Children under 5 underweight

18.6% (2010)

Hospitals
0.4 beds/1,000 population (2006)
0.02 physicians/1,000 population
(2010)

Good sanitation
urban: 22.5% of population
rural: 6.8% of population
total: 13% of population

TITLE:
GDP per capita
$1,400 (2013 est.)

Population below poverty line

70.2% (2004)

Child labor (under 14)

48% (2005 est)

TITLE:
Government spending on
education
2.9% of GDP (2012)

Literacy age 15 and over

male: 54.7%
female: 32.6% (2011 est.)

years of education
total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 6 years (2001)

Adult obesity
6.8% (2008)

VIETNAM
Population: 93,421,835 (July 2014 est.)
Average age: 29.2 years
TITLE:
Life Expectancy
75.61

Safe Drinking Water

urban: 98.2% of population
rural: 93.6% of population
total: 95% of population

Children underweight (under 5)

12% (2011)

Hospitals
2.2 beds/1,000 population (2010)
1.22 physicians/1,000 population
(2008)

Good Sanitation
urban: 93.1% of population
rural: 66.6% of population
total: 75% of population

TITLE:
GDP per capita
$4,000 (2013 est.)

Population below poverty line

11.3% (2012 est.)

Child labor (under 14)

16%

TITLE:
Government spending on
education
6.3% of GDP (2010)

Literacy
male: 95.4%
female: 91.4% (2011 est.)

Years of education
10.4 years (2002)

Adult obesity
1.7% (2008)

GUATEMALA
Population: 14,647,083 (July 2014 est.)
Average age: 21
TITLE:
Life Expectancy
71.74 years
male: 69.82 years
female: 73.76 years (2014 est.)

Adult obesity
19.2% (2008)

TITLE:
GDP per capita
$5,300 (2013 est.)

TITLE:
Government spending on
education
3% of GDP (2012)

Safe Drinking Water

urban: 99.1% of population
rural: 88.6% of population
total: 93.8% of population

Children underweight (under 5)

13% (2009)

Hospitals
0.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)
0.93 physicians/1,000 population
(2009)

Good sanitation
urban: 88.4% of population
rural: 72.1% of population
total: 80.3% of population

Population below poverty line

54% (2011 est.)

Child labor (under 14)

21%

Literacy
total population: 75.9%
male: 81.2%
female: 71.1% (2011 est.)

Years of education
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2007)

SOUTH KOREA
Population: 49,039,986
Average age: 40.2
TITLE:
Life Expectancy
male: 76.67 years
female: 83.13 years (2014 est.)

Safe Drinking Water

urban: 99.7% of population
rural: 87.9% of population
total: 97.8% of population

Children underweight (under 5)

not a problem

Hospitals
10.3 beds/1,000 population
(2009)
2.02 physicians/1,000 population
(2010)

Good sanitation
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population

TITLE:
GDP per person
$33,200 (2013 est.)

Population below poverty line

16% (2009 est.)

Child labor (under 14)

0%

TITLE:
Government spending on
education
5% of GDP (2009)

Literacy
male: 99.2%
female: 96.6% (2002)

Years of education
total: 17 years
male: 18 years
female: 16 years (2011)

Adult obesity
7.7% (2008)

UNITED KINGDOM
Population: 63,742,977 (July 2014 est.)
Average age: 40.4
TITLE:
Life Expectancy
82 (2012 World Bank)

Adult obesity
26.9% (2008)

TITLE:
GDP per person
$37,300 (2013 est.)

TITLE:
Government spending on
education
6.2% of GDP (2010)

Safe Drinking Water

urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population

Children underweight (under 5)

not a problem

Hospitals
3 beds/1,000 population (2010)
2.77 physicians/1,000 population
(2011)

Good sanitation
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population

Population below poverty line

16.2% (2011 est.)

Child labor (under 14)

0%

Literacy
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Years of education
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2011)

UNITED STATES
Population: 318,892,103 (July 2014 est.)
Average age: 37.6
TITLE:
Life Expectancy
total population: 79.56 years
male: 77.11 years
female: 81.94 years (2014 est.)

Adult obesity
33% (2008)

TITLE:
GDP per person
$52,800 (2013 est.)

TITLE:
Government spending on
education
5.4% of GDP (2010)

Safe Drinking Water

urban: 99.4% of population
rural: 98% of population
total: 99.2% of population

Children underweight (under 5)

not a problem

Hospitals
3 beds/1,000 population (2010)
2.42 physicians/1,000 population
(2009)

Good sanitation
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population

Population below poverty line

15.1% (2010 est)

Child labor (under 14)

0%

Literacy
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Years of education
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2011)

VOCABULARY
Life expectancy
urban
rural
per

Obesity
a physicians
GDP
est. (to estimate)

Sanitation
poverty line
labor
literacy

HOMEWORK
Now you choose 2 countries to compare. You can choose your country and another country, or choose a
developed country and a developing country. Write an essay. Have a paragraph for each subject. You
can choose the same categories I did, or some of your own. Please talk about three points in your
contrast: health, economy and education. Please get your research from these sites. They are the
sources I used.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry
http://data.worldbank.org/country
Here is an outline to help you. I have only put two areas under paragraph 1, but you can decide how
many you want to discuss (at least two with at least one example for each). If you follow the worksheet
we did in class (health, economy and education), health will have six areas to contrast, education three
and education three. Each paragraph should follow the same organization. Have a topic sentence. Then
have a general sentence saying which part of this topic you will discuss. Follow this with a specific
example (like the worksheet we did in class). After you have finished with all the examples for that part
(e.g. hospitals), move on to the next part you will discuss (e.g. obesity). Give an example that proves
your point. Continue.
OUTLINE
I. INTRODUCTION
A) background- give some brief information about both countries: location, population, wealth.
Do not go into a lot of detail. This information can be found on any of the above sites. Do not
write more than four sentences.
B) thesis- state your topic (contrast between two countries) and controlling idea (which areas
you will contrast)
II. PARAGRAPH 1: 1st contrast
A) topic sentence (e.g. health)
B) 1st area of topic ( e.g. life expectancy)
1) clear example from worksheet
nd
C) 2 area (e.g. hospitals)
1) specific example (e.g. hospital beds)
2) specific example (e.g. physicians)
III. PARAGRAPH 2: 2nd contrast- follow same pattern as above
IV PARAGRAPH 3: 3rd contrast-follow same pattern as above
IV. CONCLUSION
A) restate thesis
B) prediction or suggestion