Vegan Math

This section includes various vegan related statistics.

• 53,000 million - The number of animals murdered each year by the meat, dairy and egg industries (does not include fish). [1]
  • 40 million - The number of humans killed in World War I. [2]
  • 70 million - The number of humans killed in World War II. [3]
• 50% - Risk of death by heart attack for US male. [4]
  • 15% - Risk of death by heart attack for US male vegetarian. [5]
  • 4% - Risk of death by heart attack for US male vegan. [6]
• 6-10 - The number of years longer a vegetarian lives than one who eats meat.[7]
• 18% - The percentage of world greenhouse gas emissions from animal agriculture. [8]
  • 13.5% - The percentage of world greenhouse gas emissions from all transportation (cars, trains, ships, planes) [9]
• 1.3 billion - The number of humans that could be fed by the food used to feed livestock in the United States alone.[10]
• 7.5 pounds - The amount of vegetable protein feed required to create 1 pound of meat protein. [11]