National Stats

I was scanning my mail and read an article in the OPENING BELL an email
published for the NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION the other morning and came across an article that said: "Report: 2,500 teachers punished for sexual misconduct in five year period." I have no children in school these days, but it still sounded alarming over my first cup of coffee of the day.

I decided for some reason to see what kind of information I could find on the
i-net and came up with some general facts that put a little perspective into
the community around me and the nation as a whole.

Here are some general national statistics. All are approximates and none or
few have been researched and documented by myself other than to relay what I
read here and there.

Population
301,139,947

annual births
4,000,000
11,000 births per day

annual deaths
2,400,000
6,500 deaths per day

annualtraffic fatalities
39,000
106 traffic fatalities per day
(almost half alcohol related)

annualrape/sexualassault
191,000
(523 reported sexual assaults per day)

annual teachers terminated
for sexual assault
500
(1.3 teachers let go per day. I did not find a source that reports how many
teachers are terminated in general per day)

total national crimes annualy
23,440,000
64,000 crimes comitted daily
(1 out of 4,700 people will be involved in a crime today)

annual homicides
20,000
54 homicides daily

annual suicides
30,000
82 suicides daily

annual deaths from illicit drug use
17,000
46 per day
(that includes overdose, traffic fatalities, and homicides related to drugs)

annual deaths from perscription medication
32,000
87 per day
(Now there is food for thought, far more people die from perscription abuse
than illegal drug abuse.)

Well that's it for today, I am going to go bury my head back in the sand.