eduwonkette index - Golden Globe edition
Percent of teenage girls who received abstinence-only sex education with no information on birth control (2002): 21%
Percent in 1995: 9%
Increase in teenage birth rate for 15-17 year olds in 2006: +3%
Percent of all births to unmarried mothers in 2006: 38.5
Extent to which Ellen Page got shafted at the Golden Globes: Majorly
Number of viewers of 4th Season’s opening "Grey’s Anatomy" episode: 20.5 million
Number of "Grey’s Anatomy" Golden Globe nominations: 1
Mortality rate due to homicide, white 15-17 year olds (per 100,000, 2002-04): 1.7
Mortality rate due to homicide, black 15-17 year olds (per 100,000, 2002-04): 20.7
Number of students in the US expelled for bringing a firearm to school (2002-2003): 2,143
Ratio of Golden Globe nominations to wins for “Atonement:” 7/1
Keira Knightly’s estimated weight in lbs (US Magazine): 100
Percent of non-poor 2-19 year olds overweight, (average:1988-1994): 8.4
Percent of non-poor 2-19 year olds overweight, (avg: 2001-2004): 14.9
Percent of poor 2-19 year olds overweight, (avg: 1988-1994): 12.6
Percent of poor 2-19 year olds overweight, (avg: 2001-2004): 17.9
Stats courtesy of NCES, CDC, and the Guttmacher Institute.
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Number of publications that consider the Wire to be the best show on television compared to the number of golden globe nominations
7/0
from wikipedia..the Wire has been called the best show on television by TIME, Entertainment Weekly,The Guardian, the Chicago Tribune, Slate, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Philadelphia Daily News.
Posted by: david bellel | January 14, 2008 12:27 PM