Updates to Statistics on Suffering

1. Hunger:

• 868 million in 2010-2012 or 12.5 percent of the global population, or 1 in 8 people. Source: FAO 2012 Executive Summary stated on www.stophungernow.org

2. Child Mortality:

• 9.7 million deaths of children under 5 each year in developing countries. 1 child dies every 6 seconds from malnutrition and related causes. Source: www.stophungernow.org
• In 2011, 6.9 million children under 5 died, down from 7.6 million in 2010, 8.1 million in 2009, and 12.4 million in 1990. Source: Wikipedia
• About 29,000 children under 5, or 21 each minute, die every day mainly from preventable causes. Source: unicef.org
• 6.9 million under the age of 5 die per year. 576,000 per month. 133,000 per week, 19,000 per day, 13 per minute. Source: childinfo.org

3. Drinking Water:

• 11 percent of the global population or 783 million are without access to improved sources of drinking water. Source: JMP 2012 found on www.unwater.org
• Nearly 1 billion don’t have clean water (884 million). Source: www.thewaterproject.org

4. Diarrhea

• Diarrhea kills 760,000 (over 1.5 million) children under 5 per year. Source: World Health Organization
• Diarrhea kills 2,195 children every day – more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov.

5. Poverty:

• 1 billion live on less than $1 a day.
• 2.6 billion live on less than $2 per day.
• Almost half the world – over 3 billion people – live on less than $2.50 per day. Source: Global Issues, 2010 found on www.stophungernow.org
• 6,973,738,433 people live on earth today. Source: World Bank
• 7.1 billion people on earth today. Source: www.worldometers.info