Fun with statistics

Here is an image of my one and only tattoo, which I designed myself and which I got to celebrate the attainment of my private pilot's licence. It's several years old, but I love it and am anticipating the day in the not-too-distant future when I'll have to get it sharpened and re-coloured. Here we have an article about "tattoo remorse" and the booming tattoo removal business:

Among a group of 18- to 50-year-olds surveyed in 2004, 24 percent reported having a tattoo and 17 percent of those considered getting their tattoo removed.

Sounds like a lot of people regret getting tattoos. The only problem with the way they report this statistic is that, of the nearly one quarter of people who have tattoos, 83% of them are at least moderately happy with their choice. That's a pretty decent number. A lot better than the approval ratings of most politicians. Gotta be careful how you read these fluff articles sometimes.