You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. Given the catastrophic news from the Las Vegas strip, we’re going to hone in on that today. Check out the full 2016 FiveThirtyEight investigation “Gun Deaths in America” here. 527 injured At least 59 people are dead and 527 people injured, […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. At least 50 dead More than 50 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded by a gunman who opened fire on thousands of concert-goers on the Las Vegas strip on Sunday night. The massacre is already being referred to as […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 18 percent Percentage of legal marijuana users who ate at Taco Bell in the preceding four weeks, according to an industry study from Green Market Report and Consumer Research Around Cannabis. Forty-three percent ate at McDonald’s. [Bloomberg] 60 percent Pivoting to […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 11 hospitals Reeling from Hurricane Maria’s devastating effects, Puerto Rico is edging toward crisis. Only 11 of the U.S. territory’s 69 hospitals had fuel and power as of Tuesday. The issue prompted the rapper Pitbull to send his plane to fly […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 5 animals, 12 crops Here’s something that’s only mildly unsettling: three-quarters of the food for people on Earth comes from only five animal species and 12 crops. This seems like an issue, given that we’re one major disease, famine or blight […]