• fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    Posting this at top level since its burried in replies:

    Fact time. You don’t always die when shot, and the US is a baby factory. I can’t find good stats on non-lethal gunshot, so I’ll do the rest.

    Verdict: Pretty accurate.

    • 8.4% without health insurance (33 in 400)
    • 11.5% poverty rate (46 in 400)
    • 20% adults at or below literacy level 1 (80 in 400)
    • 57% mental illness untreated (228 in 400) (requires math from NIH source)

    References:

    • rallatsc@slrpnk.net
      4·
      1 year ago

      Btw your 20% figure includes those at Level 1 literacy, only 8% are below level 1 (from your source)

        • _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz
          2·
          1 year ago

          Best I could find:

          People with Level 1 Literacy can:

          • Locate one piece of information in a sports article

          • Locate the expiration date on a driver’s license

          • Total a bank deposit entry

          People with Level 2 Literacy can:

          • Interpret appliance warranty instructions

          • Locate an intersection on a street map

          • Calculate postage and fees when using certified mail

          People with Level 3 Literacy can:

          • Write a brief letter to explain a credit card billing error

          • Use a bus schedule to choose the correct bus to take to get to work on time

          • Determine the discount on a car insurance bill if paid in full within 15 days

          People with Level 4 Literacy can:

          • Explain the difference between two types of benefits at work

          • Calculate the correct change when given prices on a menu

          People with Level 5 Literacy can:

          • Compare and summarize different approaches lawyers use during a trial

          • Use information in a table to compare two credit cards and explain the differences

          • Compute the cost to carpet a room in a house

          • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            1·
            1 year ago

            Damn, I’m fairly dumb but I think I could put this on my resume, I’m a lot higher in literacy than I expected.

          • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
            0·
            1 year ago

            i can’t interpret warranty instructions, but I’ve done the credit card thing. I also found the phones from the manufacturer that were compatable with my non-international telecommunications service. (I got the first Sony waterproof release in the age of ricepacks)

            So I’m… esoteric.

            • _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz
              1·
              1 year ago

              I saw that warranty one and was like, welp, I’m already in trouble.

              Then I got down to the lawyer one, and was like hey only lawyers can understand lawyers in court. A lawyer I am not.

    • pine@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      1·
      1 year ago

      I wanted to test myself to get a sense of what “level one literacy” actually meant but you have to pay to take the test and the OECD already gets enough of my money as is.

    • jeffhykin@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      That’s good to see a lot of the statistics are close, and I appreciate the sources.

      That said, for a full picture, I think you should mention that the average 20 year old doesn’t have 18 gunshot wounds (365 wounds per 400 per year, is about 9.1 wounds per person per decade, or 18.2 wounds per 20 years per person)

      So I’d appreciate if you include a bullet point about that.