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Statistic 1901 2001
Life expectancy 47 years 73 years for males
80 years for females
Homes in US with bathtubs 14% >95%
Homes with electricity 3% 98%
Homes with a telephone 8% 94%
Cost of 3-minute call from Denver to Yew York City $11 $0.15
Number of cars in the US 8,000 22,000,000
Miles of paved road in US 144 2,400,000
Maximum speed limit in most cities 10 MPH 55 MPH
Most populous States 1)New York - 7,449,000
2)Pennsylvania - 6,439,000
3)Illinois - 4,914,000
4)Ohio - 4,216,000
5)Texas - 3,132,000
21) California - 1,400,000
1)California - 34,000,000
2)Texas - 21,000,000
3)New York - 19,000,000
4)Florida - 16,000,000


Tallest structure in the world Eiffel Tower - 986' KTHI TV tower - 2063'
Petronas - 1483'
Sears Tower - 1454'
Average US worker made per year $200-$400 $21,700
Expected to annual salary Accountant - $2000
Dentist - $2500
Veterinarian - $1500-$4000
Mechanical Engineer - $5000
Accountant - $75,000
Dentist - $118,000
Veterinarian - $63,000
Mechanical Engineer - $52,000
Births at home >95% <2%
Cost of items Sugar - $0.04/pound
Eggs - $0.14/dozen
Coffee -$0.15/pound
Sugar - $0.49/pound
Eggs - $.99/dozen
Coffee -$1.89/pound
Leading cause of death 1) Pneumonia and influenza
2) Tuberculosis
3) Diarrhea
4) Heart disease
5) Stroke
1) Induced abortion (1,360,000)
2) Heart disease (948,000)
3) Cancer (529,000)
4) Pulmonary disease (101,000)
5) Pneumonia and influenza (83,000)
6) Infectious Disease (not AIDS) (70,000)
7) Diabetes (54,000)
8) Accidents (not cars) (49,000)
9) AIDS (44,000)
10) Cars (42,000)
11) Suicide (31,000)
12) Homicide (26,000)
13) Liver disease (25,000)
14) Kidney disease (23,000)
Number of states 45 50
Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska
Population of Las Vegas, Nevada 30 404,288
Number of reported murders 230 26,000
Plutonium, insulin and antibiotics Not discovered In wide use
Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer and iced tea Not invented Used daily by many
Education of US adults 10% couldn't read or write
6% high school graduates
15% couldn't read or write
82% high school graduates
Marijuana, heroin, morphine Available over the counter Illegal
Coca-Cola ingredient Cocaine Caffeine
US household having full-time servant or domestic 18% ?


1901 2001
90% of all US physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as substandard.
Most women washed hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks.
Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country as travelers or immigrants.
Drive-by-shootings - in which teenage boys galloped down the street on horses and started randomly shooting at houses, carriages, or anything else that caught their fancy - were an on-going problem in Denver and other western cities. People are the target.
Mother's Day and Father's Day observed
Punch card data processing recently developed and early predecessors of modern computer were used for the first time by the government to help compile the 1900 census. 60% US homes have Internet access

I have done a lot of research on the Internet and encyclopedias to come up with the information in the tables above. If you have a correction or addition, please let me know by emailing .

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Copyright © 2002 Vincent Hale