1998 Ah, statistics. The lifeblood of the Federal Census Bureau and sports fanatics.
Statistics can reveal so much about a topic, and then obscure the truth just as fast.
Here at the Library we keep statistics to gauge our success and failures. A common stat is the number of library cards given out. Now, here are some numbers that people might be surprised to see. Youth cards are evenly separated between male and female with 405 boys and 452 girls holding cards. But, for adults those numbers run 389 men, and 1034 women.