GOOD HEALTH MAGAZINE : HEALTH FACTS

Grams of saturated fat in three ounces of ice cream: 3.4. In three ounces of lean ground beef: 6.2. In three ounces of packaged granola cereal: 11.1. Percentage of women who work outside the home who have children age 6 and younger: 57. Percentage of companies with more than 100 employees that offer day care: 9. Number of people injured in 1988 while playing baseball: 372,600 Percentage of the injuries caused by sliding into base: 71. Average number of miles food travels after harvest and before it is eaten: 1,300. Percentage of first-year medical students who would prefer to treat elderly patients: 4. Percentage of the population that is 65 and older: 12. Percentage of men who say they avoid the sun: 46. Percentage of women: 67. Percentage of doctors who have used illegal drugs at least once: 59. Percentage of medical students who have done so: 78. Average number of hours a person sleeps in a lifetime: 220,000. Number of minutes an influenza virus can survive on human skin: 5. Number of days it can survive on kitchen countertop: 1.5. Average number of hours per week a working woman spends on housework and child care: 22.6. Hours her husband spends: 7.4. Hours a homemaker’s husband spends: 6.5. Minimum speed, in miles per hour, that nerve impulses move through the body: 135. Percentage of people who drink five or more cups of coffee a day: 20. Pounds of coffee consumed per capita in the United States each year: 12. Pounds of tea: .7 Pounds of tea consumed per capita in the United Kingdom: 6.4. Percentage of people who consider themselves at least as active as others their age: 83. Percentage who never exercise: 31. Percentage of lawyers who think insurance companies should be allowed to deny health coverage to people who test positive for AIDS virus: 63. Number of people who get a cold in December: 7.7 million. Who get one in June: 2.7 million. Calories burned by jogging for an hour: 400. By shopping for an hour: 220. Percentage of people who unwind by watching TV: 62. By having a drink: 28. By having sex: 1. Number of drug prescriptions written yearly: 1.6 billion. Percentage of drugs taken inappropriately: 50. From In Health Magazine