According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (citing U.S. Department of Justice reports), nearly 800,000 children are reported missing each year. That's more than 2,000 a day.

The NCMEC says 203,000 children are kidnapped each year by family members. Another 58,200 are abducted by non-family members. Many others are runaways or pushed out of the home by parents.

In 1996 Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old girl, was abducted and murdered while riding her bicycle
in Arlington, Texas. The community, shocked by this tragedy, contacted radio stations in the
Dallas area and suggested they broadcast special “alerts” over the airwaves so they could help
prevent such incidents in the future. One individual, Diana Simone, suggested a program be
implemented allowing the use of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to notify the public when a
child has been abducted. If the community were aware then they too could assist in the search.

In the broadest sense, safety data include reports of events, such as accidents and incidents, inspection results, reports of enforcement actions or other sanctions, and other data which characterize the activities of the air transportation system. It must be noted that only accidents (and some incidents) involve measurable harm to persons or property, and that many types of incidents are reported to FAA by the carriers themselves.

Accidents, Fatalities, and Rates, 2007 Preliminary Statistics, U.S. Aviation

Each week, child protective services (CPS) agencies throughout the United States receive more than 50,000 reports of suspected child abuse or neglect. In 2002, 2.6 million reports concerning the welfare of approximately 4.5 million children were made.

In approximately two-thirds (67 percent) of these cases, the information provided in the report was sufficient to prompt an assessment or investigation. As a result of these investigations, approximately 896,000 children were found to have been victims of abuse or neglect—an average of more than 2,450 children per day.

Euthanasia - helping people out of this world when they decide that they want to leave it - has gone on since the dawn of time. But it was seldom talked about. People usually died in their own homes. What happened in their last hours was known only to their closest relatives and perhaps to a doctor or nurse.

Also called: Battery, Partner abuse, Spousal abuse. Domestic violence is a type of abuse. It involves injuring someone, usually a spouse or partner, but it can also be a parent, child or other family member.

Domestic violence is a serious problem. It is the most common cause of injury to women ages 15 to 44. Victims may suffer physical injuries such as bruises or broken bones. They may suffer emotionally from depression, anxiety or social isolation.

Alcohol use by persons under age 21 is a major public health problem. Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among youth in the United States, more than tobacco and illicit drugs. Although drinking by persons under the age of 21 is illegal, people aged 12 to 20 years drink 11% of all alcohol consumed in the United States Over 90% of this alcohol is consumed in the form of binge drinks. On average, underage drinkers consume more drinks per drinking occasion than adult drinkers.

Bullying includes a wide variety of behaviors, but all involve a person or a group repeatedly trying to harm someone who is weaker or more vulnerable. It can involve direct attacks (such as hitting, threatening or intimidating, maliciously teasing and taunting, name-calling, making sexual remarks, and stealing or damaging belongings) or more subtle, indirect attacks (such as spreading rumors or encouraging others to reject or exclude someone).

Welcome, my friends. This is my blog about different facts and statistics, sometimes funny, sometimes not. Currently you are reading my "hello world" post.

In the begin, let's to speak about symbols used in statistics. You know, symbols have very long story, even ancient Greeks used theirs. But nowadays in official and government statistical documents we can see other symbols.