What is tripping you up exactly? Most statistics are population level averages, so they are divided by a large number.
What do fractions in demographic stats (such as birthrates, fertility rates, life expectancy, death rates, etc.) mean?
Submitted 10 months ago by IJustWentPsycho@lemm.ee to [deleted]
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
These things are averages, and the average of integers can be a non-integer. If two women have one child each and a third woman has two children, the average woman has 1.33 children. Is that what you meant?
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 10 months ago
my fav example is that the average person has ~1 testicle!
rikudou@lemmings.world 10 months ago
My favourite is that the average amount of legs is less than 2. So most people have an above average amount of legs.
BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
The average person contains more than one heart (due to late term pregnant women)