The Huge Costs of an American Wedding $9,000
Venue
Catering Band
Photography
Rehearsal Dinner & Additional Meals
Videography
Wedding Rings Rentals
Wedding Planner Dress
Flowers
Lighting/Décor DJ
Accommodations Wedding Party Attire
Ceremony Music/ Musician
Wedding Party Gifts Invitations
Cake/Desserts Hair/Makeup
Beauty and Health Favors Gifts
Groom’s Attire Jewelry Offi ciant
Transportation Guest
$2,400
$2,000 $1,800 $1,800 $1,700 $1,700 $1,700 $1,700
$1,300 $1,200 $1,000
$800 $750 $600 $600 $560 $550 $550 $500 $450 $350 $350 $300
Columbia, Md. SAFEST CITIES IN THE U.S. Total Outlay for Wedding: $44,060 U.S. WEDDING STATISTICS
2.3 million couples wed every year in the U.S. That breaks down to nearly 6,200 weddings a day
The average age of a bride in the U.S. is 25.3
Average age of a groom is 26.9
Average number of guests invited to a wedding is 178
One-third of those getting married each year have been married before
THE COST OF ROMANCE PER SINGLE PERSON
$1,600per
The Price of Staying Healthy The number of prescriptions fi lled by Americans has increased by 85 percent over two decades. The U.S. population has only increased by 21 percent.
Total Prescriptions filled in the U.S.
1997 2018
2,420,000,000 4,470,000,000
3%
Half of the U.S. population is responsible for
of total health-
care costs 55 PERCENT of
Americans regularly take prescription medications — and that number is rising.
U.S. residents who get a physical
exam per year 62% year 8% of annual
income spent on health insurance
250%
Foreign Investors: $6.21 trillion (29.3%)
increase in the cost of health insurance since 2002
The average cold lasts 7–10 days. You’re most contagious the first 3–4 days, but can be for up to 3 weeks!
$21.24 trillion total debt
U.S. Government: $5.73 trillion (27%)
Federal Reserve: $2.38 trillion (11.2%)
U.S. Investors: $6.89 trillion (32.5%)
JANUARY 2019 | NEWSMAX 29
TOP SAFEST CITIES 1 Columbia, Md. 2 South Burlington, Vt. 3 Plano, Texas 4 Virginia Beach, Va. 5 Warwick, R.I. 6 Gilbert, Ariz. 7 Yonkers, N.Y. 8 Bismarck, N.D. 9 Nashua, N.H. 10 Boise, Idaho
LEAST SAFE CITIES 1 St. Louis, Mo. 2 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 3 San Bernardino, Calif. 4 Baton Rouge, La. 5 Little Rock, Ark. 6 Detroit, Mich. 7 Oklahoma City, Okla. 8 Wichita, Kan. 9 Los Angeles, Calif. 10 Jackson, Miss.
$200 billion $400 billion $600 billion $800 billion $1.0 trillion $1.2 trillion
Who Owns America’s Debt % of what each country owns of U.S. debt
4.9% 5.6% $6,600 $3,800
.9% .9%
1% 1.1% 1.3% 1.4% 1.4%
China Japan Brazil Ireland U.K. Switzerland Luxembourg Cayman Islands Hong Kong
SOURCES: WEDDING/WEDDINGWIRE/
SOUNDVISION.COM / SAFE CITIES/
WALLETHUB.COM / RED CROSS/
WASHINGTONPOST.COM/
FOOL.COM/
FIXITHEALTHCARE.COM/
MYVMC.COM / DEBT/U.S. TREASURY ART: HANDS/DARIUS STRAZDAS/DREAMSTIME / HEART/SPARKIA/DREAMSTIME / CAPSULES/NEWBI1/DREAMSTIME / MEDICAL SIGN/ARKADI BOJARŠINOV/DREAMSTIME / COLUMBIA, MD/TRIPSAVI
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