You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 1.55 Number of jobs available for every job applicant in Japan, the highest since 1973. Automation is a welcome trend in the nation given its shrinking pool of workers. [Bloomberg] 7 years Oliver Schmidt was sentenced to seven years in prison […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 32 events Of the 102 events at the forthcoming Pyeongchang Olympic games, Russia’s athletes had finished in the top five of the world championships in 32 events. The International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the games as a punishment for a […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 5 years Former Democratic congresswoman Corrine Brown was sentenced to five years in federal prison Monday after being convicted of 18 counts of corruption related to using a children’s charity as a piggy bank. [First Coast News] 85 percent President Trump […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. Factor of 10 New research suggests that the official count of deaths related to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico may be considerably higher than the official estimates. Using monthly death records, researchers observed that September 2017 — when 2,838 people died […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 19 percent The percentage of European Union citizens older than age 65. The median age in Europe is 43, compared to 38 in the United States. [Quartz] $40 per bottle That’s the price for a bottle of supplements from HVMN, a […]