REALLY DEPRESSING STATISTICS

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