Odds-n-Ends . Volume 13 | Issue 10

Staggering Statistics

(source: World Health Organization)

AIDS is the leading cause of death globally among females 15-44.

800 women die each day in childbirth/complications from pregnancy; 99% live in developing countries.

458,000 breast cancer deaths per year globally.

58% of deaths from breast cancer occur in developing countries.

19-55% range, by country, of women who reported being injured as a result of domestic violence.

1.4 billion people live in extreme poverty worldwide; 70% are women.