Surprising Reading Numbers

While toodling around the world wide web, I came across some interesting reading factoids at Statistic Brain. . .

Percentage of college students who will never read another book after they graduate:

42%

Percentage of American adults who can't understand the labels on their prescriptions:

46%

Percentage of U.S. adults who are unable to read an 8th grade level book:

50%

Total amount of words read annually by a person who reads 15 minutes a day:

1 million

Percentage of U.S. families who did not buy a book this year (2013):

80%

Percentage of adults that have not been in a bookstore in the past 5 years:

70%

Percentage of books started that aren't read to completion:

57%

Number of U.S. inmates that are illiterate:

15%

Want to know which one freaked me out the most? The one about how many people haven't been in a bookstore in the last 5 years. What the heck? I'd take my pillow and move in if they'd let me.