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Percentage of infant boys in Oklahoma that are circumcised – compared to 55 percent nationally – 10th most among the states in 2009
Source: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine via Forward.com
Ratio of cost per prisoner to cost per public school student in Oklahoma, or – the state spends over twice as much per inmate on imprisonment than it does per student on public education, 2012
Source: Children’s Defense Fund
Number of women who die each day on average from heart disease and stroke in Oklahoma, 2010
Source: American Heart Association
Percentage of minority workers in low-wage jobs in Oklahoma, compared to 20.3 percent of non-Hispanic White workers, 2010
Source: Working Poor Families Project
Median income for veterans in Oklahoma, compared to $21,776 for nonveterans in the state, 2006-2010
Source: U.S. Census
Percentage of people in Oklahoma living in households with Internet access, 10th lowest nationally
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Percentage increase in profit this year for Oklahoma banks, compared to the previous year.
Source: FDIC via NewsOK
Number of jobs added to the Oklahoma economy in 2011, a 1.3 percent growth in employment over the previous year.
Percentage of Oklahoma voters who think that the state Legislature is not doing enough to fund public schools
Source: Tulsa World via Oklahoma Policy Institute
Number of uninsured adults under 65 in Oklahoma in 2010; nearly 25,000 additional adults were uninsured compared to 2009.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
