Comment Something wrong with those numbers (Score 4, Interesting) 308
There's something wrong with their numbers.
There's no way that only 30% of Americans are high school graduates who are not obese and don't have criminal records. It's just not possible.
The U.S. high school graduation rate is 80%. About 30% of the population have been arrested. Many of those will be found innocent, charges never pressed, or convicted of very minor charges, such that 8.5% of the population ends up with felony convictions. Does obesity account for all the rest?
The stats they are using are ages 17-24. Is it possible they are skewed by the fact that many 17 and 18-year-olds simply haven't finished high school yet (even if they are on track to do so)?