Melanie-AP

Particulate Pollution typically comes from coal-fueled power plants or burning wood or pelletized fuel. In examining information from the United States, Mexico, and Canada; I will compare their economic strength (GDP per capita), the number of coal fired power plants (per capita?), and their average life expectancy.



As GDP goes up, the area per power plant goes down. As GDP rises and area per power plant declines (except for the United States), life expectancy rises.

GDP Per Capita 1) US: $47,400 2) Mexico: $13,800 3) Canada: $39,600

Industrial (coal power plants- area of country/ # of power plants (area covered by each power plant)) 1) US: 9,826,675 sq km/ 615= 15,978.33 2) Mexico: 1,964,375 sq km/ 3= 654,791.6667 3) Canada: 9,984,670 sq km/ 23= 434,116.087

Life Expectancy Rate (at birth) 1) US males= 75.92 years females= 80.93 years 2) Mexico males= 73.63 years females= 79.43 years 3) Canada males= 78.81 years females= 84.1 years