russia and aids: the real picture
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Russia and AIDS: The Real Picture. Part I. Read Michael Specter’s article on the growing AIDS crisis in Russia The Devastation (click on the full text file from link). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Russia and AIDS:The Real Picture
Part I
• Read Michael Specter’s article on the growing AIDS crisis in Russia – The Devastation
(click on the full text file from link)
A red AIDS awareness symbol on the side of a Russian building. Doug Kanter http://www.thegully.com/essays/russia/031215_russia_HIV_A
IDS_1.html
Part IIThe article The Devastation by Michael Specter
appeared in the New Yorker and describes a drastically worsening HIV/AIDS epidemic in Russia.
The article cites health statistics from various
sources. The author notes that "official" statistics can in some cases be misleading, such as the drop in the number of HIV infections reported last year by Russia's Federal AIDS Center (p. 62).
In the following slides you are asked to answer 5 questions regarding global health statistics.
There are FIVE questions in this assignment. Answer the questions on paper and turn in the
assignment in class on the due date.
1. Use the tables on the next slides to create a graph of the trends in life expectancy for the United States, Russia, India, Brazil, and Uganda from the years1950 - 2005.
2. Use the tables on the next slides to create a graph comparing the literacy rate in each country (except for the US) to the life expectancy in 1970, 1985, and 2000.
3. Use the tables on the next slides to create a graph that compares reported AIDS cases versus time in each country.
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
Life Expectancy at Birth: Brazil, India, Russian Federation, Uganda, US, 1950-2005
1950-1955
1955-1960
1960-1965
1965-1970
1970-1975
1975-1980
1980-1985
1985-1990
1990-1995
1995-2000
2000-2005
Brazil 50.9 53.3 55.7 57.6 59.5 61.5 63.0 64.5 65.8 67.1 68.1
India 38.7 42.6 45.5 48.0 50.3 52.9 54.9 57.4 59.9 62.1 63.9
Russian Federation 64.5 66.8 67.9 70.1 69.7 69.0 68.3 69.5 66.9 66.1 66.8
Uganda 40.0 42.0 44.0 45.9 46.3 46.8 47.2 46.4 41.5 41.1 46.2
United States 68.9 69.7 70.0 70.4 71.5 73.3 74.0 74.4 74.9 76.2 77.1
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, 2003. World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision. Dataset on CD-ROM. New York: United Nations. Available on-line at http://www.un.org/esa/population/ordering.htm
Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years that a newborn baby is expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates effective at the year of birth apply throughout his or her lifetime. The projections reported here assume medium fertility (the "medium-fertility assumption" of the United Nations Population Division).
LITERACY RATES
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people 15+): Brazil, India, Russian Federation, Uganda, US, 1970-2003
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Brazil 68.4 69.18 69.95 70.72 71.49 72.25 73.02 73.79 74.55 75.3 76.04 76.67 77.29 77.91 78.52 79.12 79.71
India 33.1 33.86 34.63 35.4 36.17 36.93 37.76 38.58 39.39 40.21 41.03 41.87 42.71 43.54 44.38 45.2 46.04
Russian Federation 98.2 98.26 98.32 98.38 98.44 98.5 98.56 98.62 98.68 98.74 98.81 98.85 98.9 98.95 99 99.05 99.09
Uganda 36.38 37.32 38.26 39.17 40.11 41.03 41.99 42.98 43.94 44.91 45.87 46.86 47.86 48.86 49.87 50.89 51.91
United States * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Brazil 80.29 80.87 81.45 82.03 82.56 83.1 83.63 84.16 84.69 85.14 85.59 86.03 86.47 86.37 .. .. ..
India 46.88 47.7 48.52 49.32 50.12 50.91 51.69 52.48 53.27 54.06 54.85 55.65 56.45 57.24 61.3 .. ..
Russian Federation 99.13 99.17 99.21 99.25 99.28 99.31 99.34 99.37 99.4 99.43 99.46 99.49 99.52 99.55 99.57 99.59 ..
Uganda 52.94 53.97 55.06 56.15 57.25 58.38 59.52 60.66 61.78 62.86 63.92 64.97 66.01 67.03 67.97 68.89 ..
United States * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Source: Edstats Data Query
Literacy rate, adult total is the percentage of people ages 15 and older who can, with understanding, both read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life. (Data Source: Estimates from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
REPORTED AIDS CASES
Total Number of AIDS cases by year of report: Brazil, India, Russian Federation, Uganda, US 1979 - 2001
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Brazil 39 140 573 1206 2832 4585 6371 8993 11921 15060 16829 18341 20357 22943 23546 24017 20009 15013 3024
India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 45 140 252 523 1091 888 2108 1148
Russian Federation 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19 16 16 54 21 27 39 57 13 94 39 50 0
Uganda 0 0 0 0 17 11 440 442 2914 3425 6090 6616 10235 6362 4641 4927 2192 3032 1962 1406 1149
United States of America 99 335 1201 3153 6360 12026 19372 29070 36064 43399 49446 60472 79477 79752 72737 69892 61109 50000 43894 46143 42156
Source: UNAIDS/WHO Global HIV/AIDS Online Database (http://www.who.int/globalatlas/dataQuery/default.asp)
4. Look at the world maps on the following slides that track reported AIDS cases from 1979 till 2001 across the globe. According to these data, in which continent are the largest numbers of AIDS cases reported? Do you think the world maps data give an accurate picture of the true numbers of person with AIDS in each country? Why or why not?
5. Consider the population growth rate and population natural increase for the Russian Federation and USA. Does this data raise any questions in your mind?
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POPULATION GROWTH RATE & NATURAL INCREASE
Growth Rate of Total Population: Brazil, India, Russian Federation, Uganda, US, 1950-2005
1950-1955
1955-1960
1960-1965
1965-1970
1970-1975
1975-1980
1980-1985
1985-1990
1990-1995
1995-2000
2000-2005
Brazil 3.1 2.9 3 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.4 1.2
India 2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2 1.9 1.8 1.5
Russian Federation 1.6 1.5 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0 -0.3 -0.6
Uganda 2.6 2.7 3.2 3.3 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.5 3.1 2.9 3.2
United States 1.6 1.7 1.4 1 0.9 1 1 1 1.1 1.1 1
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, 2003. World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision. Dataset on CD-ROM. New York: United Nations. Available on-line at http://www.un.org/esa/population/ordering.htm
Population Growth is the average annual percent change in mid-year population for a country or region in the indicated period. Percent changes in population are calculated using the exponential growth rate equation, which assumes continuous, exponential growth over time. The projections reported here assume medium fertility (the "medium-fertility assumption" of the United Nations Population Division).
SourcesSpecter, Michael. The Devastation. The New
Yorker; Oct. 11, 2004. pp 58-69.
World Heath Report Statistical Annex
http:www.who.int/whr/annexes/en/
UNAIDS: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Russian Federation, India, Uganda, and United States. 2004. http://www.unaids.org/EN/