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65.2 Years
In the AIAN population, life expectancy dropped from 67.1 years in 2020 to 65.2 years in 2021
American Indian and Alaska Native life expectancy
79
Seventy-nine countries and territories experienced a net decline in freedom in 2020
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40 Percent
Globally, 40 percent of children ages 6 to 59 months were anemic in 2019—equivalent to 269 million children
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1967
In 1967, the WHO identified unsafe abortion as a serious public health problem in many countries
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7 Percent
In 2020, demonstrations around the world increased by 7 percent
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1 in 4
One in four U.S. women will have an abortion by age 45
Abortion in the United States
3.3 Times
Where there was trust in local health workers people were 3.3 times more likely to wear a mask during COVID
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45 Percent
The number of people dying from opioid use in the U.S. in 2021 was nearly 45 percent higher than in 2020
Opioid overdose deaths in the United States
34 Million
The number of people who have died from AIDS-related illnesses
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1 in 3
One in three women—1.3 billion women and girls worldwide—experiences gender-based violence in her lifetime
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