Percentage of Americans who believe that 2023 was one of the worst years in U.S. history
: 41
Portion of Americans who say that U.S. military intervention abroad usually improves a situation
: 1/4
Percentage of professors at U.S. universities who report feeling the need to self-censor when talking about the war in Gaza
: 76
Of graduate students
: 96
Percentage decrease in the past year in the number of American adults who support banning TikTok
: 24
Minimum estimated annual revenue U.S. news publishers miss out on as a result of Facebook’s use of their content
: $1,900,000,000
As a result of Google’s use
: $10,000,000,000
Percentage by which private equity–owned hospitals have fewer staff members than those under other forms of ownership
: 13
Percentage increase in the frequency of falls by patients in hospitals after they are acquired by private equity firms
: 27
Percentage increase since 2002 in medical schools offering dual MD/MBA programs
: 131
Minimum projected shortage, by 2034, in the number of primary care physicians in the United States
: 17,800
Percentage of Americans who say that nurses provide good care
: 82
Who say that nursing homes do
: 25
Number of years, on average, by which a hypochondriac will die earlier than a non-hypochondriac
: 5
Percentage of Gen Z Americans who suffer from “menu anxiety”
: 86
Who ask other people to order for them at restaurants because of this
: 34
Who use self-checkout aisles because of social anxiety
: 38
Percentage by which Americans making over $100,000 are more likely than others to have stolen via self-checkout
: 22
Percentage of Americans who say that the nation’s crime rates are getting worse
: 77
Who say that crime is an “extremely serious” or “very serious” problem in their local area
: 17
Percentage decrease in murders in the United States in the past year
: 12
Percentage decrease in murders in New York City in the past year
: 12
Percentage of Americans familiar with the Central Park Five case who currently believe the defendants are not guilty
: 35
Percentage increase in the number of homeless people in New York State in the past year
: 39
In the number of homeless people nationwide
: 12
Factor by which this increase exceeds that of any previous year on record
: 4
Percentage of Americans who believe that homeless people experience a great deal of discrimination today
: 45
Percentage change since 2009 in the portion of white evangelical Americans who say that gay people face discrimination
: –34
Who say that white evangelicals face discrimination
: +43
Percentage increase since 2018 in the portion of American fifteen-year-olds who are not proficient in math
: 25
Percentage of American women in the workforce who feel they are not good at their jobs
: 42
Of women with college degrees who report this
: 51
Portion of American men who say they could safely land a plane in an emergency if someone talked them through it
: 1/2
Portion of divorced straight American women who say they were the ones who decided to end their marriage
: 2/3
Percentage of American men who believe they are their mother’s favorite child
: 41
Percentage of American women who believe they are
: 22
Percentage of American adults who believe the country will be better by the time today’s children have grown up
: 16
Who say they take at least one nap every day
: 25