Why not give the numbers per person or for the entire population?
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Doing for the entire population makes it hard to compare countries. Most birth and death rates are in the single digits per thousand, so you would have to keep saying "zero point seven percent" (7 syllables) instead of "seven per thousand" (5 syllables).
441661
There is no way of knowing how many people are on prescription drugs.  That's like asking how many people drink water.  Doctors don't report to any agency about prescribing drugs.  Pharmacy's don't report the sale of drugs.  Your question can't be answered.
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Yes because your premise is invalid.\n\nMany people use no health services and some use more than your example. In a population of that size the ones who use less subsidize the ones who use more, just like insurance companies.\n\nBob Higgins\nWorldwide Sawdust
502374
It sounds like you've answered your own question.  There is still a problem in figuring our what the  culture wants and what some individuals in that culture might want.  Individual freedom should be balanced against the desires of the majority.
608612
Not really understanding your question.  But giving ID cards to all it's citizens is a good idea, for identification purposes.  Still don't know what you mean, i can see your english is not that good.
427372
it is based on the population of the state
532470
it would cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars per person, so no. why would we want to save lives anyway
264577
because it is a recording... not once have you ever dialed a disconnected number and gotten a live human.\nand because people are stupid and ignorant we need to be VERY specific.
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some cause cost, some contribute. \nmuch like the "legal" population.\nstatistics can be deceiving and usually do just that.
431653
I'm in total agreement with you. it's the same for any country. over population will create problems with jobs. are system would not be able to support everyone in need of help.
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I'm not sure, but it is really hard not to use it.  Metrics are really easy.  You just divide or multiply by ten.  But Americans just are afraid of change.
444435
I'd need more information to give a better answer but I suspect that what you want is people/phone.  This is a little like deciding that when you call a number (phone) that all residents are in agreement.  This is valid is you think that the response that you get can be considered to be the response of all the residents.\n\nSometimes it helps to look at extrema.  How would it effect your results if you called two households:\n1) 1 phone, 100 people\n2) 100 phones, 1 person\n\nAlso, either of your ratios is one if the household has one phone and one resident.  How does it change taking a slight excursion from that?
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Unfortunately, that is seriously too little information. There may be thousands of individuals who fit those criteria.
563355
Police state....can anyone say that?  No, no government should restrict the size of a family.  To have children or not is the sole right of the people involved, not a government.  Look at the Chinese government, they restrict their families to have only two children.  What if those two children are girls?  They get sold or sent to an orphanage so the couple can try for a boy.  Absolutely ludicrous!  Over population is a concern, but I think the biggest concern is not being able to feed your family, ergo, people are regulating themselves, well, with the exception of the religions that say you can't use birth control. (you know who you are) <g>
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The privacy laws are a thinly disguised method of hiding abortion statistics, so nobody will know the true scale of all the death and destruction that's going on in this country.\n\nYour issue is simply another example of a way this wrong headed law injures society.
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I totally agree...\n\npeople need to just get a life and stop all this nonsense about numbers.
517124
So do I understand that there are better records on emigration than on immigration. And birthrates as compared to deaths.\n\nI think someone is cooking the book here for a political gain.