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In addition to West Virginia, more than 40 percent of Louisiana and Kentucky residents over age 65 were also toothless.
A number of factors contribute to the likelihood that a person will retain their teeth as they age. About 42 percent of high school dropouts had lost all their teeth, compared with 10 percent to 25 percent of those with more education.
And if you need another reason to quit smoking, keeping your teeth may be it. About 41 percent of daily smokers were toothless, compared with 29 percent of occasional smokers, 26 percent of former smokers and 20 percent of never-smokers.
SOURCE: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1999;48:206-209.
ok, good start, now lets discuss this data, this represents the over 65 polulation of 3 states, it does not represent the entire population of those states (likely less than 40% of the total populace) and probably less than 20% of all southern population, and this doesnt even account for the fact that seniors are more predisposed to have no teeth due simply to their age
so lets do some math (yeah yeah, math is the tool of the devil)
40% of 40% of 20% of the southern population is statisticly toothless, thats roughly 3.2% of the total popualtion, so, is 3% a basis for a broad generalization?
3% is probably an accurate estimate for the percentage of homosexuals in the navy, does that mean its ok to call all people in the navy homosexuals?
but seriously, basis generizations on a very specific 3% of a population could explain alot of the crap you spew, particularly the catholic priest thing
for example, and just so everyone knows im pulling these figures out of my ass they are merely an example, this is how your logic seems to work
90% of priests accused of sexual misconduct are found guilty, therefore 90% of all priests are guilty of sexual misconduct
you take a very specific sample group (those accused of misconduct) then apply those figures to a much larger group (all priests)
