Many of us deal with huge amounts of information every single day. We’re constantly bombarded by facts, stats, opinions, and pieces of advice pretty much everywhere we turn online. But with so much data, some of the truly important bits of info sometimes get lost in the noise. Not all of it is pleasant.
The members of the r/AskReddit online community shared the saddest statistics they know in a couple of threads. They might give you a more nuanced perspective on the world. Scroll down to check them out, but be warned that some of these stats are quite sensitive.
#21
If a partner strangles you, the odds they will murder you within the next year increases by 750%. Also, the leading cause of death for pregnant women is homicide.
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81points
#22
60% of Americans will never read a book again after they graduate high school. 40% for graduate students after they receive their master's/phd.
77points
#23
About 20k people have been killed by Israel in Gaza in this recent war with 75% being women and children.
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76points
#25
There are more people living in the Tokyo metropolitan area than there are in the entire country of Canada.
70points
#26
1/10 UK mothers don’t know for certain their child’s dad.
68points
#27
Pollution from fossil fuels kills more people Every Day than nuclear power has killed in its entire history.
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67points
#28
85% of public bathroom users don't wash their hands afterwards. Since learning that I have noticed and I have never been in one for very long without hearing it myself. They come out but I don't hear water from the sink. I handle the door with the paper towel I used to dry my hands. I go to one place that only has a hand dryer, so I take my own paper towel there.
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67points
#29
If you made $7,000 an hour every day since the birth of Jesus Christ, you’d have made less money than Jeff Bezos.
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65points
#30
Theres' been 392 school shootings since Columbine, which would be 24 years now.
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59points
#31
40% of all plastics produced each year are single-use only...and only 9% of plastics get recycled after disposal.
57points
#33
If you go in cardiac arrest outside the hospital, even with first responders nearby, your chances of getting out of the hospital alive is less than 10%.
48points
#34
There’s 2,000 active serial killers in the world right now. Also, if you were to be murdered, there’s a 1 in 3 chance the case will never be solved and the killer will never be identified. Sweet dreams
47points
#35
Up to 80 percent of falls in the home occur in the bathroom and about 1 person in the U.S. dies every day from a bathroom-related injury occurring in either the bathtub or the shower.
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45points
#36
In reference to ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) scores used to evaluate exposure to childhood trauma: “Having any ACE is associated with an increased risk for s*icide. The odds of ever attempting suicide are 30 times higher for adults with four or more ACEs compared to adults with no ACEs.” (Source: CDC) (For the record, my ACE score is 8.)
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43points
#37
Only 65% of people have access to internet.
42points
#38
The USA scored a 69 for its latest CPI (Corruption Perception Index) which means America is more corrupt than a lot of countries.
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41points
#39
On average, 79% of U.S. adults nationwide are literate in 2023. 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2023. 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level (20% are below 5th-grade level).
40points
#40
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, an estimated 7 million hectares of forest are lost each year.
40points