Monday, May 18, 2015

Public Opinion & Statistics

   One out of four people do not know what their astrological sign is.
   Fifty percent of teenage boys say they would rather be rich than smart.
   Fifty-seven percent of British schoolkids think Germany is the most boring country in Europe.
   Sixty-nine percent of men say they would rather break up with a girl in private.
   Seven percent of Americans think Elvis is still alive.
   Nine percent of Americans report having been in the presence of a ghost.
   Only 55 percent of Americans know that the sun is a star.
   More than 50 percent of Americans believe in the devil.
   About 5 percent of Americans claim to have talked to the devil personally.
   Fifty-eight percent of men say they are happier after their divorce or separation.
   Eighty-five percent of women say they are happier after their divorce or separation.
   Eighty-two percent of the world's population believes in an afterlife.
   Fifty-five percent of men wash their hands after using a toilet.
   Eighty percent of women wash their hands after using the toilet. 
   Statistically, the safest age of life is ten years old.
   Summer is statistically the most hazardous season.
   You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark.
   In the next seven days, eight hundred Americans will be injured by their jewelry.
   Men are 1.6 times more likely to undergo bypass surgery than women.
   Twenty-two thousand checks will be deducted from the wrong bank accounts in the next hour.
   An estimated 880,000 credit cards in circulation will turn out to have incorrect cardholder information on their magnetic strips.
   About 811,000 faulty rolls of thirty-five millimeters film will be purchased this year.
   One in ten people are arrested every year in the United States.
   Women shoplift more often than men; the statistics are four to one.
   Fifty percent of bank robberies take place on Fridays.
   Chances that a burglary in the United States will be solved: one in seven.
   About 43 percent of convicted criminals in the United States are rearrested within a year of being released from prison.
   Sweden has the least number of murders annually.
   The murder rate in the United States is two hundred times greater than in Japan. In Japan, no private citizen can buy a handgun legally.