Here are a few other interesting findings from the report.
- Hungarian people have the highest rate of children immunization (99% for the 3 categories surveyed)
- Iceland has the lowest infant mortality and the lowest rate of underweight babies at birth. However it has the highest percentage of children who feel 'like an outsider or left out of things' and feel lonely in the Western world (Japan has 3x more lonely children though)
- Finland has the highest educational achievements in all subjects surveyed (reading, maths, sciences), but the lowest percentage of children who like school (only 8%). It is Israel that scores the lowest on all the line, followed by Greece. Do colder climates stimulate intellectual faculties ?
- Belgium has the highest percentage of 15-19 years old in education, but also the highest rate of young people who feel awkward and out of place (after Japan). On the contrary, Israel has the lowest figures for 15-19 years old in education and the lowest rate of young people who feel awkward and out of place. A sign that school make people awkward ?
- Norway has the lowest number of children reporting low family affluence, and the lowest number of 15-19 years old not in education or employment.
- Sweden has the lowest percentage of bullied children, and the fewest young people who feel 'awkward and out of place'.
- Portugal and Switzerland have the highest percentage of children who find their peer 'friendly and helpful', but strangely also the highest percentage of bullying.
- Italians have the lowest rate of children living in single-parent families and the highest percentage of parents eating their meals with their kids.
- The UK has the highest percentage of young people who rate their health as poor or fair. Maybe that is because Britain also has the highest percentage of people who get drunk two or more times a week (30.8% between 11 and 15 years old !). The Brits may havethe highest percentage of people who have had sex at 15 years old (38% !), but this correlates in the highest percentage of teenage pregnancies in Europe. Let's add to the list of woes the highest percentage of child poverty after the USA, and the lowest percentage of teens who find their peer 'friendly and helpful'.
- The USA have one of the lowest percentage of teens eating breakfast, and yet have by far the highest number of overweight teens (25% of those between 11 and 15) and by far the highest teen pregancy rate (46 per 1000, almost twice as much as the UK in 2nd position). Maybe that is because so many teen girls are pregnant that they are statistically considered overweight.
The USA also has the highest percentage of children living in single-parent or step family structures. On a brighter note, the US has the lowest percentage of 15 years old aspiring to low skilled work.