More recent comparisons by the international association have similar drawbacks, Dr. Rotberg said.

A more recent typological comparison is Aikhenvald (2004).

"Of 13 countries in a recent comparison, the United States ranks an average of 12th (second from the bottom) for 16 available health indicators."

However, more recent comparison do not support Thorne's dual Pleistocene population model.

A recent comparison of the pros and cons of the poll tax concludes:

Spain has the added advantage as a comparator, therefore, that it contains its own recent 'internal comparison' between markedly different political systems.

In the most recent comparison for the country's college and university presidents, he ranked No. 2 in pay and benefits, totaling $523,000, in 1993-94.

For June, the most recent comparison available, 164 homicides were reported, five more than in June 1988.

His compensation of $523,000 ranked second among the nation's college presidents in 1993-94, the most recent comparison available.

He did not offer more recent comparisons.