List of Facts about People that We all NEED to Know

Taken from Charity Navigator: Humanities
http://www.charitynavigator.org/

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Shaken baby syndrome is responsible for about 1,500 infant deaths a year nationwide. Men are responsible for 80 percent of shaken baby syndrome cases.

The number of assaults against the homeless is rising. In 2005, 73 homeless people were assaulted nationwide and 13 died.

The U.S. Administration on Aging estimates that 1 out of 4 seniors in the U.S. has an inadequate diet.

One of every six children in America lives in poverty.

Veterans account for nearly one-third of all homeless men in America, even though the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says they comprise only 13 percent of adult males in the general population.

One in five children (10 to 17 years old) receive unwanted sexual solicitations online.

Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 years.

64% percent of children ages 4-11 have cotinine in their blood (a marker of recent exposure to secondhand smoke).

There are about 542,000 foster care children in the United States; 126,000 of them are waiting to be adopted.

Of those people seeking emergency food relief, more than one-third (36%) had to choose between buying food or paying for housing.