Some Interesting
Statistics
about Americans
Did you know that...
- only 30% can flare their nostrils?
- 21% don't make our bed daily? 5% never do.
- men do 29% of laundry each week? Only 7% of women trust their husbands to do it correctly.
- 40% of women have hurled footwear at a man?
- 85% of men don't use the slit in their underwear?
- 67.5% of men wear tightie whities (briefs)?
- the average bra size today is 36C whereas 10 years ago it was a 34B?
- 85% of women wear the wrong bra size?
- 3 out of 4 store dollar bills in rigid order with singles leading up to higher denominations?
- 13% admit to occasionally doing their children's homework?
- 91% lie regularly?
- 27% admit to cheating on a test or quiz?
- 29% admit they've intentionally stolen something from a store?
- 50% admit they regularly sneak food into movie theaters to avoid the high prices of snack foods?
- 90% believe in divine retribution?
- 10% believe in the 10 Commandments?
- 82% believe in an afterlife?
- 45% believe in ghosts?
- 13% (mostly men) have spent a night in jail?
- 29% are virgins when they marry?
- 58.4% have called into work sick when they weren't?
- 10% switch tags in the store to pay less for an item?
- over 50% believe in spanking - but only a child over 2 years old?
- 35% give to charity at least once a month?
- 25% would abandon their friends, family, and religion for $10 million? 7% would murder.
- 69% eat the cake before the frosting?
- 47% drink straight from the carton when no-one else is around?
- 85% will eat Spam this year?
- 70% drink orange juice daily?
- Snickers is the most popular candy?
- 22% skip lunch daily?
- 9% skip breakfast daily?
- 66% eat cereal regularly?
- 22% of all restaurant meals include French fries?
- 14% eat the watermelon seeds?
- only 13% brush their teeth from side to side?
- 45% use mouthwash every day?
- 22% leave the glob of toothpaste in the sink?
- the typical shower is 101°F (38°C)?
- nearly 1/3 of women colour their hair?
- 9% of women and 8% of men have had cosmetic surgery?
- 53% of women will not leave the house without makeup on?
- 58% of women paint their nails regularly?
- 62% pop their zits?
- 33% of women lie about their weight? (Only 33%!??)
- 10% claim to have seen a ghost?
- 57% have had deja vu?
- 49% believe in ESP?
- 44% have broken a bone?
- only 30% know their cholesterol level?
- 14% have attended a self-help meeting?
- 15% regularly go to a shrink?
- 78% would rather die quickly than live in a retirement home?
- 54.2% always wash their hands after using the toilet?
- 23.5% admit they don't always flush?
- 55.2% will let someone else come in the bathroom while they're sitting on the toilet?
- 39% peek in the host's bathroom cabinet? 17% have been caught by the host.
- 81.3% would tell an acquaintance to zip his pants?
- 29% ignore RSVP's?
- 71.6% eavesdrop?
- 22% are functionally illiterat?
- less than 10% are trilingual?
- 37% claim to know how to use all the features on their VCR?
- 53% prefer ATM machines over tellers?
- 56% of women do the bills in a marriage?
- 2 out of 3 wouldn't give up their spouse even for a night for a million bucks?
- 20% have played in a band at one time in our life?
- 40% have had music lessons?
- 44% reuse tinfoil?
- 57% save pretty gift paper to reuse?
- 66% of women and 59% of men have used a mix to cook and taken credit for doing it from scratch?
- 53% read their horoscopes regularly?
- 16% have forgotten their own wedding anniversary? (Mostly men.)
- 59% say they're average-looking?
- 90% depend on alarm clocks to wake them?
- 53% would take advice from Ann Landers?
- 28% have skinny-dipped? 14% with the opposite sex.
- 51% of adults dress up for a Halloween festivity?
- on average, they send 38 Christmas cards every year?
- 20% of women consider their parents to be their best friends?
- 2 out of 5 have married their first love?
- the biggest cause of matrimonial fighting is money?
- only 4% asked the parents' approval for their bride's hand?
- 1 in 5 men proposed on his knees?
- 6% propose over the phone?
- 71% can drive a stick-shift car?
- 45% consistently follow the speed limit?
- 2/3 speed up at a yellow light?
- 1/3 don't wear seat belts?
- 12% of men never use their car blinkers?
- 44% of men tailgate to speed up the person in front of them?
- 25% drive after they've been drinking?
- 4 out of 5 sing in the car?