Stats that are surprising

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I came across a stat online earlier that said 80% of the world's population hasn't been on a plane. Aibu to find this so surprising?

What other stats have you come across which suprised you?

Remember that income tax is just one type of tax. There is also VAT, stamp duty, council tax etc.

There is a conversation to be had about how you balance the books in terms of government spending and tax long term. But these "net contributor" versus "net taker" arguments are quite shallow. If I own a company and employ people on minimum wage I am probably (hopefully) paying a lot in tax so am a net contributor. But the people I employ are likely taking more than they put in due to their wages. But the only reason I am able to run my company is because I can employ these people at those wages so should the amount they "take" in benefits be counted only against their own taxes or against the tax I pay too. Plus a nurse might be a net taker, but if we raised her wages so she was a net contributor suddenly health care would cost more so more people would become net takers because their taxes no longer cover the health care they received.

And that's before you get onto whether children are counted in their parents "taken" sum or balanced against their own future earning and tax paying potential.

It's still an interesting idea. But it's more complicated than it's made out.

Glad to see More or Less get a mention 💪They still have a BBC podcast (may also be live on the BBC?) and it's great for unpicking the nonsense stats that politicians roll out in interviews. Shame they don't do it live though!

That extra marital affairs are most common in the over 60s age group. I Cannot remember.where I read this and I have no idea if its actually true!

We could discuss over dinner
Pepe le pew style🦨.

I guess, since we're all living much longer than 100 years ago, we all have to die of something.

I think cancer would get us all in the end because it's a result of cell reproduction malfunction. I suppose the dice gets rolled many times and eventually the odds shorten drastically.

I try not to think about it though!

Bullshit.

No, it’s correct. It’s not really ‘statistics’, it’s a very simple probability calculation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem

Any clues in there about why bfing is 'harder'? When surely it should be super natural and easy?

Healthy life expectancy in the UK has dropped. Cancers that were traditionally found in older people are now rising in people under 50. Bowel and ovarian cancer rates are rising in young adults.

Maybe lack of support. In the days before formula, human milk was the was the only way for survival.

Support for what?

If you haven’t grown up seeing people breastfeeding amongst your family and friends, you’re going to lack the help and support if you have difficulties.

Sadly true!

I think a lot of the wartime generation - those who grew up in the war and endured rationing and then austerity - actually ate far more healthily than subsequent generations. They didn’t have junk foods and takeaways and did much more physical work. We’re now back on the downward slope I bet.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 oh I love this. You're sooooo funny!!!

It's not correct though.
Very few breastfed babies (only 10%) reach the age of a week without being offered formula.

90% of babies are breastfed at birth.

But by the time they're a month old, only 50% are still being breastfed.

By six months, only 1% are still being fully breastfed.

I think the PP's point is that there shouldn't really be any difficulties, since it's the natural means of survival.

I'd say it's more like 60% due to arse licking, 30% due to threatening to leave and 10% actual performance and I wish I was joking,

I think there were always difficulties, and in the past some women couldn’t breastfeed so a wet nurse would be used. Nature doesn’t always “get it right!!”

Why have people voted? 🤣

Surely it’s neither reasonable or unreasonable, it’s just info isn’t it? 🤔

But that's my point. It shouldn't need support. It should be second nature, the easiest and cheapest option.

If we're all going to be expected to be surprised at the (tenuous) 1% stat, shouldn't that demand more inquiry than just 'giving up' like it's a character flaw? WHY do people 'give up'?

It shouldn't be difficult - and if it is then no one should be surprised at the statistic.

Look at my post at 11.17

@Possummy If breastfeeding (no formula) was the only way to feed your baby, most mothers would manage. They would have to persevere. Women who feed their babies on demand probably have less difficulties like mastitis and low milk supply.

I don't actually believe this is true, it can't possibly be

Yeah "most", not all though. It annoys me when people dismiss low supply, mine just stopped at around 3 weeks, and when I say stopped I mean it literally just stopped, couldn't get a single drop.

Yes and people would be horrified about this now. It wasn't just a luxury of the wealthy, if a new mother was very unwell women in the community would help out. I find it fascinating that a woman's milk coming in and the ability to latch was literally a life or death issue