Nephele Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 LOL interesting How about Nebraska then? Italy appears to be mentioned next to it (do they have much gun crime there? ) I have no idea. I don't think the HDI factors in gun crime. I meant differences in HDI not size. I realized that. The reason why I brought up size is because many U.S. states are the size of countries -- and these individual states, while not entirely autonomous, nevertheless have their own governments as well as Departments of Education, Health, etc. just as countries have. It isn't so surprising that there would be such differences between individual states when one considers that these individual states hold more direct responsibility for the welfare of their respective inhabitants than the federal government does. Having said that, the U.S. disparity isn't that pronounced (on an international level) when you compare HDI ratings of individual states of another nation (such as Mexico) with the international HDI ratings. Because I have insomnia tonight and have nothing better to do (what with my man snoring blissfully in the bedroom), and amusing myself with statistics will have fewer consequences than amusing myself by painting "tattoos" on my unsuspecting man's butt with my liquid eyeliner... I've compiled the following list comparing the HDI ratings of the individual Mexican states (ranked from highest to lowest) with their corresponding nations. It's the same sort of comparative listing as the one I'd done previously for the United States, using the = < > symbols to express "equal to," "less than," and "greater than." As you can see from the list (and reference links) below, even the poorest state in the U.S. (Mississippi, with an HDI rating of .799) is still doing better than half of all the states of Mexico (from Sinaloa through to Chiapas). Federal District < Barbados Nuevo Le Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentium Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 LOL interesting How about Nebraska then? Italy appears to be mentioned next to it (do they have much gun crime there? ) I have no idea. I don't think the HDI factors in gun crime. Just a silly and not so funny joke.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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