FACTS ABOUT CUBA
Economy
The U.S. economy is 500 times bigger than Cuba's Ñ and the average Cuban has an income 20 times less than his or her counterpart in the United States.
Basic health Indicators
In life expectancy, infant mortality rates and adult female mortality rates the US and Cuba are equal. Cuba has a lower Male mortality rate.
Cuba has nearly twice the ratio of doctors/population and 20% more hospital beds.
U.S. is one of only five countries out of 173 that does not guarantee some form of paid maternity leave; the others are Lesotho, Liberia, Swaziland and Papua New Guinea.
All Health Care in Cuba is Free
Education
Literacy rate in the US is 55th in the world with 97% and Cuba is 56th with 96.9 %
On average, there are four to five fewer pupils per teacher in both primary and secondary schools in Cuba.
All education in Cuba is Free
Disaster Protection
September 2005, a Category 5 hurricane (Ivan) battered the small island of Cuba with 160-mile-per-hour winds. More than 1.5 million Cubans were evacuated to higher ground ahead of the storm.
Although the hurricane destroyed 20,000 houses.
No one died & there were no serious injuries.
Culture
Cuba is world reknowned for its music, contemporary art, and ballet all of which is accessible to working class people.
Housing
Although often in poor condition, all housing in Cuba is free.
Crime
The murder rate in Cuba is 7 per 100,000 (Providence is 12 per 1000,000)
