Compare key data on Scotland & United States
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Background > National tree:
Name of tree.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Crime > Assaults: Number of assaults recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
- Crime > Auto theft: Number of motor vehicle thefts (car thefts) recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
- Crime > Burglaries: Number of burglaries recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
- Crime > Drugs > Annual cannabis use: Estimate of percentage of 15-64 year old population who use Cannabis.
- Crime > Drugs > Lifetime cannabis use: Adult lifetime cannabis use.
- Crime > Murder rate: Homicide rate per year per 100,000 inhabitants in various countries.
- Crime > Police officers: Number of police officers per 100,000 population.
- Crime > Robberies: Number of robberies recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
- Crime > Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate: Homicides per 100’000 residents. Homicide is the death of a person purposefully inflicted by another person (it excludes suicides) outside of a state of war. Homicide is a broader category than murder, as it also includes manslaughter. The exact legal definition varies across countries, some of which include infanticide, assisted suicide, euthanasia and deaths caused by dangerous driving.
- Culture > Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date: The date when the first McDonald's outlet opened in each country.
- Culture > Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes: Facts and peculiarities regarding the opening of a McDonald's in each country.
- People > Population: Population, total refers to the total population.
- Religion > Christian > Mormon > Congregations: Total Congregations.
SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of national trees (National trees); European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice, 2011; https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/WDR2011/World_Drug_Report_2011_ebook.pdf, World Drug Report 2011, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2011, p. 217.; Mostly Table GPS-8 Part (i) ''Lifetime prevalence of drug use among all adults (aged 15 to 64 years old) in nationwide surveys among the general population'' EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) unless otherwise referred on Wikipedia: Adult lifetime cannabis use by country; European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice, 2011; Wikipedia: List of countries by intentional homicide rate by decade; Wikipedia: List of countries with McDonald's restaurants (Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet); World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics)
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