Data That May or May Not Interest You
The New York Times reported today on some of the data collected in over 1367 tables in the new 2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States released today by the Census Bureau. I share some of the facts.
--Americans are getting fatter (so what else is new?), but now drink more bottled water per person than beer.
--There are more injuries caused by wheelchairs than by lawnmowers (bet you didn't guess that one correctly).
--The consumer product that is involved in the most accidents is bicycles. (Beds are not far behind.)
--On average adults and adolescents 1) spend in excess of 64 days a year watching television; 2) 41 days listening to the radio; and 3) a bit more than a week on the Internet. (We know where our free time goes!)
--The national divorce rate of 3.7 per 1,000 was at its lowest since 1970. ( This is encouraging but I suspect that the great increase in the number of people cohabiting is partly responsible for this.)
--The amount or solid waste that Americans produce has risen from 3.7 pounds per day in 1980 to 4.4 pounds (There's something to be proud of!)
--Concerning college freshman, 79 percent described their primary goal as developing a meaningful philosophy of life in 1970. In 2005 75 percent said it was to be financially well off. (A data point, perhaps, about the increasing materialism of our society?)
--Americans are getting fatter (so what else is new?), but now drink more bottled water per person than beer.
--There are more injuries caused by wheelchairs than by lawnmowers (bet you didn't guess that one correctly).
--The consumer product that is involved in the most accidents is bicycles. (Beds are not far behind.)
--On average adults and adolescents 1) spend in excess of 64 days a year watching television; 2) 41 days listening to the radio; and 3) a bit more than a week on the Internet. (We know where our free time goes!)
--The national divorce rate of 3.7 per 1,000 was at its lowest since 1970. ( This is encouraging but I suspect that the great increase in the number of people cohabiting is partly responsible for this.)
--The amount or solid waste that Americans produce has risen from 3.7 pounds per day in 1980 to 4.4 pounds (There's something to be proud of!)
--Concerning college freshman, 79 percent described their primary goal as developing a meaningful philosophy of life in 1970. In 2005 75 percent said it was to be financially well off. (A data point, perhaps, about the increasing materialism of our society?)
posted by UCC Medfield at 8:10 AM
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