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May 26, 2020
Percentage of employed adults who reported an average of less than 6 hours of sleep per 24-hour period in 2008-09: 28% National Health Interview Survey, 2008–2009 and 2017–2018
Percentage who reported that in 2017–18: 33% National Health Interview Survey, 2008–2009 and 2017–2018
Difference in number of U.S. births in 2019, compared with 2007, before the Great Recession: -570,000 UNH Carsey School of Public Policy analysis of National Center for Health Statistics data
Number of live births per 1,000 in the U.S. in 2018 with health problems related to exposure to opioids in the womb: 7 Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Number in Maine: 33 Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Change in percentage of people between ages of 30 and 64 diagnosed with either early-onset dementia or Alzheimer’s disease between 2013 and 2017: 200% Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Index
Average “college earnings premium” for U.S. individuals who’ve completed a bachelor’s degree, compared with those with a high school diploma only: 85% Thomas B. Fordham Institute, What You Make Depends on Where You Live: College Earnings Across States and Metropolitan Areas
The premium for individuals who’ve completed a bachelor’s degree, compared with those with a high school diploma only, in Connecticut: 96% Thomas B. Fordham Institute, What You Make Depends on Where You Live: College Earnings Across States and Metropolitan Areas
The premium for individuals who’ve completed a bachelor’s degree, compared with those with a high school diploma only, in Vermont: 52% Thomas B. Fordham Institute, What You Make Depends on Where You Live: College Earnings Across States and Metropolitan Areas
Percentage of U.S. college faculty members who strongly agree that they are treated with respect at work: 38% Gallup and Inside Higher Ed
Percentage of faculty members who strongly agree that their employer “would do what is right” if they raised a concern about ethics and integrity: 25% Gallup and Inside Higher Ed
Percentage of New England population that was white in 1990: 89% Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, New England Public Policy Center Regional Briefs, Recent Trends in Residential Segregation in New England
Percentage that was white in 2017: 76% Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, New England Public Policy Center Regional Briefs, Recent Trends in Residential Segregation in New England
Estimated percentage of eligible voters under age 20 who cast ballots in the 2018 midterm elections: 23% CIRCLE, the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement at Tufts University
Combined age of two leading presidential candidates on inauguration day 2021, a record high: 150
John O. Harney is executive editor of The New England Journal of Higher Education.