On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
56
In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
699
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.
70
The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
100
One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
330
A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
72
Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
155