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Originally Posted by chodadog
For those that think per capita statistics are somehow worthless and the overall numbers are what's important, let's take a look at another statistic that SilverTab mentioned. Unemployment.
The US population is 295 million. Zimbabwe's population is approximately 12 million.
The unemployment rate in the US is about 5 percent now, right? That means there are 14.75 million unemployed americans. That is more than Zimbabwe's entire population. Zimbabwe's unemployment is 70 percent with a staggering 8.4 million people out of work. Now, using the logic of those saying that per capita statistics are meaningless, and that the overall numbers are all that is important, then surely you guys would be saying that in this comparison, the US has worse unemployment than Zimbabwe?
Or would you prefer to use per capita statistics when it looks positive and suits you?
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That's a totally different situation which would require a totally different method of viewing and analyzing the statistics.
Obviously you're too ignorant to grasp the reason why that is. Or you're a troll attempting to bait conversation. Do you honestly think that all situations should only be measured through one method of analysis?