Numbers to ponder

According to 4/30/05 Physician's Money Digest (online version lags behind paper version, so no link):

• 4% of Americans say the opinions of reporters rarely or never influence the news.


• 50% of all homicides in Chicago are gang-related.


• There are 8500 Lipitor presctiptions dispensed each hour.


• 85% of men with erectile dysfunction have not sought drug therapy.


• 1164 victims of 9/11 remain unidentified.


• Nevada has been the fastest-growing state in the union for 18 years.


• 4.7 million Americans are barred from voting due to criminal records.


• $38.8 billion spent in 2004 by US biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.


• 20% of all electrical energy in the US is generated by nuclear plants.


• US citizens donate $1600 to charity per year, on average.