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Area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara Desert
Tetanus is now rare in high‑income countries but remains a preventable killer worldwide: global reported deaths fell to under ~35,000 by 2019 and confirmed global case counts have fallen by orders of ...
Global sources in the provided set do not give a single, agreed global “Caucasian” percentage or a decade-long time series for that group worldwide; available reporting focuses on broad regional popul...
The best available estimates place the global Muslim population at roughly today, representing about ; multiple demographic projects and compilations converge on this range for the early-to-mid 2020s....
Existing reporting and compilations show most countries do have laws restricting pornography access by age or outlawing child pornography; several sources note gaps or uneven implementation in a minor...
Global estimates for 2025 put the Muslim population at roughly 2.0–2.1 billion people, or about 24–26% of the world — up from roughly 1.6–1.7 billion in 2010 and 2.0 billion in 2020. Pew’s 2010–2020 a...
Empirical evidence is mixed: historical and regional compilations have reported small average differences by population, but broad, clinician‑measured reviews and expert summaries conclude differences...
Available reporting and studies through the provided sources show that vaccine hesitancy and lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the 2020s clustered by geography (notably parts of sub‑Saharan Africa), by...
Since 2001, the single most devastating Islamist terrorist strike in global human terms remains the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States, which killed roughly and triggered long‑term geopoli...
Global data assembled in the provided analyses show that , with the Sahel, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), South Asia, and parts of Sub‑Saharan Africa bearing the brunt of Islamist extremist ...
When an event, institution, neighborhood or photograph looks “only white,” the simplest explanations are demographic composition and selection bias; deeper causes include historical settlement pattern...
Global figures in recent reporting show large, but very different, tallies for Christians and Muslims when researchers count “persecution” by various measures: Open Doors’ World Watch List estimates a...
Multiple recent meta-analyses and large empirical studies report measurable regional variation in penile dimensions, including girth, but the differences are generally modest, inconsistent across stud...
Over the past 50 years the world's population has become both numerically larger and more regionally imbalanced: fast growth in sub‑Saharan Africa and parts of Asia has reshaped global shares while ol...
Global and U.S. demographic projections show continued growth concentrated in Asia and sub‑Saharan Africa worldwide and a steady shift toward greater racial and ethnic diversity within the United Stat...
Available sources do not provide a simple answer that "young African men" are responsible for a disproportionate share of sexual assaults in Europe; reporting and research emphasize complexity, under‑...
Data compilations and meta-analyses put the global average erect penis length roughly between about 13.1 cm and 13.9 cm (5.16–5.47 in), with reported country extremes ranging from ~9.4 cm to ~17.6–18....
Across 2014–2024, major Sunni scholarly bodies and interfaith institutions publicly condemned violence against Christians and urged protection of non‑Muslims, while advocacy groups and watchdogs docum...
USAID’s programming in sub-Saharan Africa clearly interfaces with male circumcision through U.S. government HIV-prevention efforts led by PEPFAR, but the available documents in this packet do show a c...
Three randomized controlled trials and follow-up studies found that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces heterosexual male acquisition of HIV by roughly 50–60% under trial conditions, an...
Global racial and ethnic mixes are shifting because long-term fertility declines and population aging in wealthier regions intersect with faster growth in parts of Africa and South Asia, while migrati...