life in colombia

children are 3.4 times more likely to die in infancy than in canada

• In Colombia, there is less hospitals and more babies being born at homes 
• Mothers don't have as much access to proper prenatal care.
• There is more poverty in Colombia
• The infant mortality rate in Canada is 4.99 per 1000 
• The infant mortality rate in Colombia is 16.87 per 1000

Colombians use 94.5% less electricity

• Colombians use less electronics than Canadians
• If it were my home, I wouldn't own a TV or cell phone
• I wouldn't have lots of the technology that we do in Canada
• Canada uses 15880kWh per capita
• Colombia uses 873kWh per capita

colombia uses 90.7% less oil

• Not very many people drive cars
• Not as many people use coal products 
• There would be less pollution 
• Colombia consumes 0.6725 gallons of oil per capita per day
• Canada consumes 2.8116 gallons per capita per day

Colombia experiences 82.24% more of a class divide

• In Canada, there is a middle class of people who are not rich, yet not poor
• In Colombia, people are either very impoverished or very rich
• In Colombia, there are a lot more poor people than rich people
• If I lived there, I would more likely be extremely poor than extremely rich

colombians make 76.04% less money

• If I lived in Colombia, I would make a lot less money
• There would be less job opportunities
• I would be struggling more to make ends meet
• I would have less luxuries and expensive things

I would have 72.76% more babies

• In Canada, we have access to education and birth control
• In Colombia, people are less educated about reproductive health
• In developing countries, people have more babies until they have a boy
• Often people don't have enough money to take care of a baby
• I wouldn't be able to afford babies but I would have them anyways

Colombians spend 87.37% less on healthcare

• $464 USD are spent per capita on health in Colombia
• $3673 USD are spent per capita in Canada
• I would have more money that I wouldn't have to spend 
• I would have less healthcare available to me
• Many things that are curable in Canada may not be in Colombia

41.18% more chance of being unemployed

• The unemployment rate in Colombia is 12%
• The unemployment rate in Canada is 8.50%
• Jobs in Colombia probably pay less money 
• If you are unemployed in Colombia, you do not get unemployment checks 
• In Canada, you get unemployment checks from the government

Colombians die 6.89 years sooner

• The life expectancy is lower in Colombia because of the lack of healthcare
• In Canada, people have more access to doctors and hospitals
• In Colombia, people die at a younger age
• Illnesses can go untreated longer in Colombia

Colombians are 50% more likely to have aids

• The percent of adults living with HIV in Colombia is 0.60%
• The percent of adults living with HIV in Canada is 0.40%
• There is less education about protection from STI's in Colombia
• There is less access to proper protection and education
• There is better treatments and diagnosis in Canada

would I choose to live here?

• Colombians spend less money
• I would be more likely to get HIV/AIDS
• I would be more likely to live in poverty
• I would be more likely to have a large family
• I would have less luxuries and nice things