REALLY DEPRESSING STATISTICS
Added on: 25th May 2016
CARGO SHIPS AND CRUISE LINERS DUMP
14 BILLION POUNDS OF GARBAGE INTO
THE OCEAN EVERY YEAR
34% OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN THE
UNITED STATES IS YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 24
250 MILLION CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF
5 AND 15 ARE WORKING UNDER FORCED
LABOUR CONDITIONS
THERE ARE 300,000 CHILD SOLDIERS
AROUND THE WORLD
ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE WORLD HAS ABOLISHED
THE DEATH PENALTY, 1591 PEOPLE WERE EXECUTED
IN 2006. 91% OF THESE TOOK PLACE IN THE US,
CHINA, SUDAN, IRAN, PAKISTAN, AND IRAQ
315,000 WOMEN DIE IN CHILDBIRTH EVERY YEAR
BECAUSE THEY WERE MALNOURISHED AND
LACKED BASIC NUTRIENTS
805 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY EVERY DAY, 98% OF
THEM LIVE IN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND
THE VAST MAJORITY ARE CHILDREN
AND SINCE THIS LIST IS ABOUT DEPRESSING
STATISTICS, WE'LL END WITH THE FACT THAT
350 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE
STRUGGLING WITH DEPRESSION RIGHT NOW
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