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?