Facts and Stats

Jun 29, 2015
842,000 people die every year from diarrheal disease caused by unsafe drinking water and lack of appropriate sanitation; that equates to 2,300 people daily
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Jun 29, 2015
The return on investment in water is incredibly high. According to U.N. Water, every $1 invested in water and sanitation produces a whopping ROI between $5 and $28.
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Jun 29, 2015
Approximately $24 billion worth of economic value is lost each year due to the time individuals spend collecting water rather than working or going to school, an activity that consumes, on average, 25 percent of women’s time in developing nations.
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Jun 29, 2015
$260 billion is lost each year as a result of limited or no access to clean water supplies and sanitation.
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Jun 29, 2015
Universal access to clean water would result in an estimated $32 billion boost in economic benefits annually.
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Jun 29, 2015
Annually, 4.3 percent of sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP is lost due to the lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities.
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Dec 24, 2015
An estimated 1.3 million adolescents died in 2012, mostly from preventable or treatable causes.
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Dec 24, 2015
Complications linked to pregnancy and childbirth are the second cause of death for 15-19-year-old girls globally.
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May 06, 2015
The millennial generation makes up 34% of the U.S. workforce compared to Generation X’s 32% and baby boomers’ 31% shares, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Jan 26, 2015
Companies are investing heavily in big data. Yet today 85 percent of that big data investment is going toward IT services, not software.
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