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Contrasting 1901 with 2001 |  |
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| Statistic | 1901 | 2001 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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