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United States of America

NORTH AMERICA
GDP/capita 2007 est. (PPP) $43,102 Income Decile 1 (1=high, 10=low)

2010 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX Rank: 61 Score: 63.5

Income Group Average: Geographic Group Average: 67.1 65.0

Environmental objectives:

Policy Categories
Country Environmental Burden of Disease (DALYs) Air Pollution (impact on humans) Water (impact on humans) * Air Pollution (impact on ecosystem) Water (impact on ecosystem) * Biodiversity Forestry Fisheries Agriculture Climate Change * 79.2 95.7 99.1 31.6 70.2 65.9 100.0 87.6 83.8 29.4 Income Group 86.3 84.0 99.9 40.7 68.4 53.1 99.0 55.8 72.2 44.3 Geographic Group 83.0 96.5 99.6 28.4 80.5 63.9 100.0 60.7 86.67 33.4

* This indicator / policy category makes use of imputed data for certain countries. Please download the 2010 EPI data file in Excel format to determine whether this countrys score relied upon imputed data.

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Indicators
Value Target Proximity to Target (100=target met) 0 100 100 100 100 <= 0.01 <= 0.01 <= 0.01 0 100 0 0 >= 10 >= 10 100 >=1 >=0 >=0 0 <=10 0 22 2.5 36.3 0 79.2 94.7 96.6 100.0 98.3 39.6 36.5 34.2 0.0 77.5 100.0 26.0 60.8 84.2 57.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 75.1 100.0 68.8 86.4 24.7 56.6 11.5

DALY: Environmental Burden of Disease (DALY) INDOOR: Indoor air pollution (%) OUTDOOR: Outdoor air pollution (g/m3) ACSAT: Access to sanitation (%)* WATSUP: Access to water (%) SO2: Sulfur dioxide emissions (Gg/1000 sq km) NOX: Nitrogen oxides emissions (Gg/1000 sq km) NMVOC: Non-methane volatile organic compound emissions (Gg/1000 sq km) OZONE: Ecosystem ozone (ppb) WQI: Water quality index * WSI: Water scarcity index WATSTR: Water stress index PACOV: Biome protection (%) MPAEEZ: Marine protection (%) AZE: Critical habitat protection (%) FORGRO: Growing stock change (ratio) FORCOV: Forest cover change (%) MTI: Marine trophic index (slope) EEZTD: Trawling and dredging intensity (%) AGWAT: Agricultural water intensity (%) AGSUB: Agricultural subsidies (NRA) AGPEST: Pesticide regulation GHGCAP: Greenhouse gas emissions per capita including land use emissions (Mt CO2 eq) * GHGIND: Industrial greenhouse gas emissions intensity(t CO2 per mill US$) CO2KWH: CO2 emissions per electricity generation (CO2 per kWh) *

19.0 5.0 21.3 100.0 99.0 3.3 4.1 3.9 940241961.0 77.5 0.0 21.3 6.1 6.5 57.9 1.0 0.1 0.0 24.9 6.4 0.1 19.0 23.1 90.2 549.4

* This indicator / policy category makes use of imputed data for certain countries. Please download the 2010 EPI data file in Excel format to determine whether this countrys score relied upon imputed data.