One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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