Thirty-eight percent of Haiti’s 9,035,536 people are aged 14 and younger.
Source: CIA World Factbook
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January 15, 2010
In Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, only 20 percent of the population lives above the poverty line.
Source: CIA World Factbook
January 14, 2010
Haiti is slightly smaller than the state of Maryland.
Source: CIA World Factbook
January 13, 2010
About 25 percent of adults aged 19 to 64 have ever received a pneumococcal vaccination, and 60 percent of adults aged 65 years and older have received the vaccine.
Source: CDC
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Jan. 5-Jan. 11
This week, readers sent us comments on small business lawsuits, climate data, requests for a TV show and high praise from the Army. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail we receive.
Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
January 12, 2010
The largest category of salt sales by use in the U.S. is highway salt.
Source: Salt Institute
January 11, 2010
In 2007, China became the world’s largest salt producer, surpassing the U.S.
Source: Salt Institute
January 10, 2010
About 240 million tons of salt are used each year in the world. U.S. salt reserves contain an estimated 55 trillion metric tons of salt.
Source: Salt Institute
January 9, 2010
An estimated 1.8 percent of U.S. adults are underweight, due to poor nutrition or health conditions.
Source: 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
January 8, 2010
According to the 2008 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 41.5 percent of physicians reported at least partially using electronic medical records in their office-based practices. In 2007, the figure was 34 percent.
Source: CDC