Current Year Statistics

Previous Year Statistics

Other United States Statistics of Interest
Total Population  (2009)	306. 609 million
Total estimated World Population (2009)	6,784 million
Life Expectancy Male (2005 Stats)	75.2
Life Expectancy Female (2005)	80.4
Firearm Deaths (2004) 2009 Almanac (Includes accidents, homicides, suicides, legal and undetermined.	29,625
Total Births (2007)	4,315,000
Total Deaths (2007)	2,415,000
Percent of people without Health Insurance (1999)	15.5%
Marriages (2007)	223,8245.7
Divorces (2007)	110,3792.4
In Prison (2000)	1,381,892
Alzheimer's affects 5.2 million Americans (2009 Almanac)
Alzheimer's treatment is estimated at $100 Billion per year
Arthritis affects 70 million American adults
Depression affects 19 million Americans
DM I and II affects approx. 20.8 million Americans, of which 6.2 million are undiagnosed.
In 2007, the United States correctional population -- those in jail, prison, on probation or on parole -- totaled 7.3 million, or 1 in every 31 adults.
The United States has 5 percent of the world's population, but 25 percent of the world's prison inmates.

Statistics above updated June 7 2009

United States Death From Aids - Updated 2009
1993	102,082
1994	77,092
1995	70,839
1996	66,398
1997	58,254
1998	24,014 (2000 Almanac)
2000	17,741
2003	18,018
2004	16,395
2005	16,268

Note: The homicide rate has declined steadily since 1993. Homicide dropped off the top ten list since the 1998 World Almanac and has not returned. .

Annual United States Homicide Rate
1993	24,530
1994	23,330
1995	21,610
1996	19,650
1997	18,210
1998	16,910  (2000 Almanac)
2006	18,029

Annual United States Abortion Rate
2004	839,226
2003	848,163
2002	854,122
2001	853,485
2000	857,475
1997	1,186,039
1990	1,429,247
1977	1,079,430
1972	586,760
1970	193,491

Why are there abortion statistics here? No point at all. Just that most people are not aware of the exact number or the magnitude of the number. Note the number of annual abortions has been dropping from it's high.

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