Statistics are fun. I like it when a statistic is published like the following one and people are expected to take it seriously.

"For Deng Jun, a child psychologist in Beijing, books such as Give Me Back the Dream portray the reality for millions of young people. 'Official government statistics speak of between 500 and 700 teenagers reported with depression in China, but these figures are very conservative,' she said."

This quote is from The Guardian and the full article can be read at this link.

I really wonder what is meant by publishing a figure like this. Is anyone going to believe it? This would mean there are between two and five depressed teens out of each million or so in China.