Statistics Stories
9/19/23
Great news. Kiplinger reports that organizations are budgeting for 4% average salary increases in 2024, down slightly from the actual average salary increase of 4.4% in 2023, and a greater increase than is projected for inflation.
The UN estimates that worldwide 1.2 million people die each year from diarrhea. Poor sanitation and hygiene cost Malawi alone $57 million in health-care costs and productivity loss. Nonprofit Evidence Action provides free chlorine water treatment via 52,000 dispensers that serve 9.8 million people in Malawi and Uganda, thus doubling the number of people with access to safe water over the past 18 monthttps://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/9/14/23868347/lead-poisoning-death-toll-world-bank-pure-earthhs.
In the US alone, 38 billion disposable bottles are sent to landfill every year.
The UN estimates that worldwide on average each person needs about 3,000 liters of water daily to support their basic needs every day! Of course, we in the US use far more than the global average. Some foods are surprisingly water intensive. I was surprised to learn that the 5 ounces of water I use to brew a cup of coffee is the tip of the iceberg, compared to the 140 liters of water needed to produce the coffee.