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Delta Dental: Top Ten Halloween Facts & Figures
- Americans purchase nearly 600 million pounds of candy for Halloween each year.
- Major pumpkin-producing states like California, Illinois, New York and Ohio helped America grow 1.1 billion pounds of pumpkins in 2010.
- 60% of dentists polled for Delta Dental’s survey said they give out candy on Halloween. Of the dentists who dispense candy, 79% choose chocolate, while just 13% hand out varieties.
- Americans spent nearly $6.9 billion on Halloween costumes, decorations and "entertainment".
- About 50 percent of Americans decorated their homes or yards, 44 percent dressed in a costume, 34 percent attended a Halloween party and 23 percent visited a haunted house in 2011.
- In 2011, the 3 most popular costumes worn by children were Harry Potter, princess & Green Lantern. Classic characters like Winnie the Pooh, Elmo & the Smurfs were also among the top 10 favorites.
- Nearly one out of four dentists said they do not hand out anything on Halloween, while five percent attack the holiday head on by handing out toothbrushes.
- Not everyone gives out candy on Halloween. Ideas include toothbrushes, pretzels, fruit (such as raisins), modeling clay and books.
- An estimated 41 million children between the ages of five and 14 went trick-or-treating across the U. S. in 2010.
- Candy corn, a popular treat commonly associated with Halloween, was created in the 1880s and popularized by farmers who appreciated its resemblance to kernels of corn.
Notes: References: United State Census Bureau, 2010 Census. http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. Accessed August 2012. National Retail Federation. Consumers Eager to Have a Frightfully Good Time This Halloween, According to NRF. http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=News&op=viewlive&sp_id=1197. Accessed August 2012. USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/VegeSumm/VegeSumm-01-27-2011.pdf. Accessed August 2012. Delta Dental conducted the 2011 Tricky Treats Halloween survey. Delta Dental network dentists were invited via e-mail to participate in the web-based survey. For results based on the total sample of 253, the margin of error is ±6.15 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.
Source: Delta Dental Plans
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