Society

Lutheranism has by far the largest following of believers in Namibia, followed by indigenous beliefs.

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Around 68% of the worldwide cases of prostate cancer are reported from the developed world.

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Eritrean Orthodox Christianity and Sunni Islam are the largest faiths in the country, with persecution being seen among many of the smaller minority faiths.

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Suicide is the leading causes of death among the youth of India, followed by road injuries and tuberculosis.

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Heart disease, cancer, and lower respiratory diseases are the three leading causes of death in the United States.

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Despite increased secularism in daily life, the majority of Austrians still consider themselves Roman Catholics.

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HIV/AIDS kills the most people in Africa, followed by respiratory infections, diarrhea, and malaria.

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Volcán Tajumulco, a stratovolcano in Guatemala, is the highest mountain in Central America at 4,220 meters.

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For almost a century, several different paramilitary groups purveying Irish republicanism have carried variants of the IRA name.

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The United States has the largest pharmaceutical market in the world with a value of $339.694 million, followed by Japan and China.

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The vast majority of Seychellois people today are Roman Catholic Christians, a legacy left in the country by past French influences.

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Korean shamanism emphasizes respect for ancestral Korean deities, and has significantly influenced other beliefs in the region.

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Developed in Vietnam just before World War II, Hoahaoism blends Buddhist teachings with an agrarian-centric outlook.

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The post-World War II political theories of Zaki al-Arsuzi, Michel Aflaq, and Salah al-Din al-Bitar led to the Ba'athist movement in Syria, Iraq, and neighboring countries.

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Former Portuguese colonial influences can still be seen in the widespread adherence to Roman Catholic Christianity in Sao Tome and Principe today.

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The majority of contemporary Chileans consider themselves of European ancestry, although most have some degree of indigenous bloodlines.

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Ciudad de Guatemala is the capital of Guatemala, and the most populous city in all of Central America.

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For generations, the Peshmerga have fought to protect and promote Kurdish interests in northern Iraq.

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Florida witnesses an annual average of around 5.7 cyclist deaths per million residents, the highest among all U.S. states.

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Almost one-third of firms in East Asia and the Pacific claim to have given informal payments to "get things done" by public officials.

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