Altered Maps 4: Partitioning Eastern Europe Like In The Good Old Days

[Huayna Capac357]

Better map

Note: the three indicators are life expectancy, satisfaction with life, and carbon footprint.

 

[flyingchicken]

Wait, what?

People can be happy without high GDPs and cool First World toys?!?!?! LIEK WTH?!?!?!

CRAAAZY, CRAAAZY, CRAAAZY!!! I TELL YOU

 

[Joecoolyo]

People can be happy without high GDPs and cool First World toys?!?!?! LIEK WTH?!?!?!

CRAAAZY, CRAAAZY, CRAAAZY!!! I TELL YOU

Whoa dude, you just blew my mind!

 

[Gelion]

Happy Planet Index

Evidently, countries bombed by USA are not happy....

 

[Winner]

According to the map, they just don't exist

 

[Virote_Considon]

Vietnam seems quite happy.

 

[Tee Kay]

Yeah, they lie.

 

[Agarwaen]

It is not a measure of happiness, it is a measure of how efficiently the country use their resources to make their population happy.

 

[Winner]

Infant mortality rate in the world. No, it's not percentage.

Another map:

 

[Tee Kay]

It is not a measure of happiness, it is a measure of how efficiently the country use their resources to make their population happy.

It's a measure of how efficiently governments cover up their citizen's misery and troubles.

I'd like to agree with you, but I'm in a crappy mood today.

 

[choxorn]

The infant mortality map shows yet more proof that Nationalized Healthcare > Private Healthcare.

 

[cardgame]

The infant mortality map shows yet more proof that Nationalized Healthcare > Private Healthcare.

And further proof why Afghanistan should be renamed Afghanihellhole.

 

[Tee Kay]

The infant mortality map shows yet more proof that Nationalized Healthcare > Private Healthcare.

No, it's not.

Best countries in this category are all wealthy countries, with the exception of Cuba.

 

[choxorn]

And the US, the lowest of the wealthy countries, doesn't have it.

 

[Tee Kay]

I was going to say Israel, South Korea and Taiwan doesn't have it, but apparently they do now...

 

[plarq]

The infant mortality map shows yet more proof that Nationalized Healthcare > Private Healthcare.

Have healthcare > Do not have healthcare

 

[Winner]

25 countries with the lowest infant mortality rate according to UN (quoted from Wiki):

1 Iceland 2.9 3.9
2 Singapore 3.0 4.1
3 Japan 3.2 4.2
4 Sweden 3.2 4.0
5 Norway 3.3 4.4
6 Hong Kong 3.7 4.7
7 Finland 3.7 4.7
8 Czech Republic 3.8 4.8
9 Switzerland 4.1 5.1
10 South Korea 4.1 4.8
11 Belgium 4.2 5.3
12 France 4.2 5.2
13 Spain 4.2 5.3
14 Germany 4.3 5.4
15 Denmark 4.4 5.8
16 Austria 4.4 5.4
17 Australia 4.4 5.6
18 Luxembourg 4.5 6.6
19 Netherlands 4.7 5.9
20 Israel 4.7 5.7
21 Slovenia 4.8 6.4
22 United Kingdom 4.8 6.0
23 Canada 4.8 5.9
24 Ireland 4.9 6.2
25 Italy 5.0 6.1

Rank - Country or territory - Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births) - Under-five mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births)

 

[aronnax]

Ironically, most of these nations are among those who score lowest in fertility rates.

 

[plarq]

Ironically, most of these nations are among those who score lowest in fertility rates.

That's the solution: no birth, no infant mortality!
The root is grasped.

 

[Winner]

Ironically, most of these nations are among those who score lowest in fertility rates.

Just to make it clear - this is a statistics for life births, so the fertility rate doesn't affect the numbers in any way.

Yes, it seems that more developed societies tend to have better health care and lower fertility rates. But that's hardly surprising, right?