50 Facts that Should Change the World

Here are 50 facts worth knowing concerning our world, will they make us want to change it?

1 THE average Japanese woman can expect to live to 84; her counterpart in Botswana will die at 39.

2 BLACK men born in the US stand a one-in-three chance of going to jail. For white men the odds are one in 17.

3 ONE in five of the world’s population – 1.25 billion people – is undernourished.

4 NEARLY half of British 15-year-olds have tried illegal drugs and nearly a quarter are regular cigarette smokers.

5 CHILDREN living in poverty are three times more likely to suffer mental illness than children from wealthy families.

More from ChristianToday.com

This entry was posted in Interesting. Bookmark the permalink.

Comments are closed.