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These statistics were taken from La Jornada, a newspaper from Mexico City, which were printed in an article called "the numbers of terror" from their December 9, 2002 issue:

number of dead in 2001 from terrorist attacks worldwide, according to US state department: 3571.

dead in 2001 from natural disasters: 39,073.

human beings who die each day of hunger and other preventable causes in the world: 24,000 (oxfam america).

persons who die each hour from armed conflicts worldwide: 35.

persons injured by earthquakes worldwide in 2001: 19 million.

persons affected by hunger and thirst worldwide in 2001: 86 million.

population of africa affected by hunger and thirst: 82%.

population of oceania affected by hunger and thirst: 48%.

population of latin america affected by hunger and thirst: 35%.

persons infected by hiv-aids during 2001 worldwide: 14,000 a day, 5 million in the year.

children infected by hiv-aids in 2001: 800,000 (oxfam).

persons who will die worldwide from hiv-aids in the next 20 years: 70 million.

persons who will die of hiv-aids in latin america in the next 20 years: 2 million.

persons who live on less that $1 a day worldwide: 1.75 billion.

in latin america: 61 million.

in souteast asia: 522 million.

in subsaharan africa: 302 million.

persons who live on less than a day worlwide: 2.8 billion.

persons who live without potable water worldwide: 1 billion.

military budget of the united states for 2003: billion.

military budget of the united states for 2002: billion.

military budget worldwide in 2000: billion.

money necessary to deal with hunger among 12 million persons in subsaharan africa: million.

money needed to deal with hiv-aids in the next 20 years worldwide: billion.

percentage of gross national product (gnp) the united states devotes to defense: 3.2%.

percentage of this amount compared to worldwide military spending: 40%.

percentage of gnp the united states spends on development aid: 0.11%.

percentage of gnp the european union spends on development aid: 0.33%.

median per capita income worldwide: .

median per capita income in the poorest countries: .

persons considered to be in situations of extreme poverty worlwide: 1.3 billion.

percentage of these persons who are women: 70%.