Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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