{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-tag-tsx","path":"/tag/halloween/","result":{"data":{"ghostTag":{"slug":"halloween","name":"Halloween","visibility":"public","feature_image":null,"description":null,"meta_title":null,"meta_description":null},"allGhostPost":{"totalCount":1,"edges":[{"node":{"slug":"happy-halloween-and-some-dreadfully-scary-statistics","feature_image":"https://thinksaveretire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/halloween-feature.jpg","title":"Happy Halloween and some dreadfully scary statistics","published_at":"2015-10-31T09:00:52.000+00:00","primary_author":{"name":"Steve Adcock","profile_image":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ae0b2f8d459bad06e6d287fa4a74b1ea"},"html":"<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img src=\"https://thinksaveretire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/halloween-feature.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Halloween\"></figure><p>Good day, my spooky little ghosts and goblins. Today, I have nothing of real value to report other than to wish you the scariest Halloween that you've ever had - literally, I hope the snot gets scared right out of you. Helps with congestion, after all.</p><p>But, since I burned a post by hoping that you forcibly get the snot extracted from your otherwise healthy nasal passages, I might as well bring you something that fits right along with the topic of the day - <strong>scary</strong> statistics in the United States.</p><p>Seriously, some of these are downright bat-shit insane.</p><p><strong>Let's start with health and fitness</strong>.</p><ul><li>Americans spent $3 billion on fast food <strong>in 1972</strong>. Anyone want to venture a guess what Americans today spend on processed food product? <strong>$110 billion</strong> annually (<a href=\"http://www.muscleandfitness.com/features/edge/8-scariest-american-health-facts/slide/2\">source</a>).</li><li>More than two-thirds of Americans are considered to be obese, though some of those stats are bullshit because weight also includes muscle and water (<a href=\"http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/Pages/overweight-obesity-statistics.aspx\">source</a>).</li><li>More than 80 percent of American adults do not get recommended exercise - around 2.5 hours of moderate exercise each week (<a href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-80-percent-of-american-adults-dont-get-recommended-exercise/\">source</a>).</li><li>In 2009, the United States spent a whopping <strong>$2.47 trillion</strong> on health care, which is expected to rise to <strong>$4.5 trillion</strong> in four years (<a href=\"http://swampland.time.com/2010/02/04/the-unsustainable-u-s-health-care-system/\">source</a>).</li><li>Nearly half of all Americans are taking some kind of prescription drug, including one in five children (<a href=\"http://www.naturalnews.com/029664_prescription_drugs_Americans.html\">source</a>).</li></ul><p><strong>Now, let's talk spending</strong>.</p><ul><li>76% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck with little to no emergency savings (<a href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/24/pf/emergency-savings/\">source</a>).</li><li>Less than 25% of Americans have enough money in their bank accounts to cover six months of expenses (<a href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/24/pf/emergency-savings/\">source</a>).</li><li>Americans will spend around <strong>$7 billion</strong> on Halloween alone (<a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/10/wait-americans-spend-how-much-on-halloween/381631/\">source</a>) this year.</li><li>Moreover, we also spent <strong>$72 billion</strong> on back-to-school items, nearly <strong>$20 billion</strong> for Mother's Day (<a href=\"https://nrf.com/news/the-long-and-short-of-americas-consumer-holidays\">source</a>) and <strong>$45 billion</strong> on Black Friday (<a href=\"http://www.livescience.com/32873-how-much-money-did-americans-spend-on-black-friday.html\">source</a>).</li><li>The average American will drop $700 on holiday gifts this year, totally slightly over <strong>$465 billion</strong>, total (<a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/WN/mailform?id=14998335\">source</a>).</li></ul><p><strong>Stats that make you go \"what the hell?\" or \"wow, that's interesting!\"</strong></p><ul><li>One in three employees under the age of 30 prioritize social media freedom and device flexibility over salary at work (<a href=\"http://www.zdnet.com/article/cisco-gen-y-study-mobile-devices-valued-more-than-higher-salaries/\">source</a>).</li><li>The average American teenager sends <strong>3,339 texts each month</strong> (<a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/10/14/nielsen-texting-stats/#XTBWY1sV6GqQ\">source</a>); girls text three times more than boys (<a href=\"http://mashable.com/2010/08/17/text-messaging-infographic/#ehyjVH8Y1ZqR\">source</a>).</li><li>90% of the pumpkins grown in the U.S. are raised within a 90-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois (<a href=\"http://www.agmrc.org/commodities__products/vegetables/pumpkins/\">source</a>).</li><li>The average commute in the United States is 25.4 minutes (<a href=\"http://www.treehugger.com/cars/average-commute-times-usa-interactive-map.html\">source</a>).</li><li>Google has indexed over <strong>100 billion searchable links</strong>, and more than half of searches originate from mobile devices (<a href=\"http://mashable.com/2015/10/12/google-mobile-searches\">source</a>).</li></ul><p><strong>Numbers that might make you wanna laugh or cry!</strong></p><ul><li>It costs more for the U.S. mint to manufacturer pennies and nickels than what they are worth - over <strong>$105 million in losses</strong> (<a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2014/03/10/taxpayers-lost-105-million-on-pennies-and-nickels-last-year/\">source</a>).</li><li>An earthquake that rocked Japan in 2011 actually shortened our 24-hour day by 1.8n microseconds (<a href=\"http://www.space.com/11115-japan-earthquake-shortened-earth-days.html\">source</a>).</li><li>Fishing is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States (<a href=\"http://www.livescience.com/6292-dangerous-jobs.html\">source</a>).</li></ul><p>Also, did you know that Halloween was originally celebrated by the Celtic people more than 2,000 years ago, and that the common \"trick-or-treat\" ritual first began in the United Kingdom?  Though, they didn't ask for candy. Instead, they asked for small pieces of bread in exchange for prayers.</p><p>Oh, how the years have changed us as a people.</p><p>Have fun, stay safe, and I'll see ya on the flip side!</p>","tags":[{"name":"How to Think","slug":"how-to-think"},{"name":"Financial independence","slug":"financial-independence"},{"name":"Halloween","slug":"halloween"},{"name":"Statistics","slug":"statistics"},{"name":"Change Your Life","slug":"change-your-life"},{"name":"Save Money","slug":"save-money"},{"name":"Retire by 40","slug":"retire-by-40"},{"name":"Opportunities to Save","slug":"opportunities-to-save"},{"name":"Generating Income","slug":"generating-income"},{"name":"Build Wealth","slug":"build-wealth"}]}}]},"allGhostPage":{"totalCount":0,"edges":[]},"allFeaturedTagColorsJson":{"edges":[{"node":{"color":"#7DE3E2","tag":"side-hustle"}},{"node":{"color":"#FF6B6B","tag":"getting-out-of-debt"}},{"node":{"color":"#8B97FF","tag":"tools"}},{"node":{"color":"#FFDB5B","tag":"investing"}},{"node":{"color":"#6ADBFF","tag":"passive-income"}},{"node":{"color":"#FF90C6","tag":"saving-money"}},{"node":{"color":"#4ACF77","tag":"financial-literacy"}},{"node":{"color":"#FF965A","tag":"digital-nomad-life"}},{"node":{"color":"#CBF25D","tag":"domestic-engineer"}},{"node":{"color":"#F66AB6","tag":"credit"}},{"node":{"color":"#71BBFF","tag":"budget"}},{"node":{"color":"#FFAB99","tag":"retire-early"}}]}},"pageContext":{"slug":"halloween","limit":18,"skip":0,"numberOfPages":1,"humanPageNumber":1,"prevPageNumber":null,"nextPageNumber":null,"previousPagePath":null,"nextPagePath":null}}}