What a Difference A Century Makes

Some U.S. statistics for the year 1904:

Average life expectancy: 48 years

Homes with a bathtub: 14%

Homes with a telephone: 8%

Cost of a 3-minute call from Denver to NYC: $11.

Number of cars in the US: 8,000

Tallest structure in the world: Eiffel Tower

Average hourly wage: $0.22 ($4.61 in today’s dollars)

Average Annual earnings: $450 ($9,500 in today's dollars)

Percent of births at home: 95%

Percent of physicians without college education: 90%

3 leading causes of death: Pneumonia, influenza, Tuberculosis

Percent of Americans graduating from high school: 6%

Number of murders in entire US: 230

Average length of recession: 22 months

Source: LibertyPost.org