A few facts about Halloween

• 47 percent of Americans have dressed up as a ghost for Halloween at least once in their life. 38 percent of female Americans have dressed up as a princess for Halloween at least once in their life.

• More eggs and toilet paper are purchased on Halloween than on any other day of the year.

• The average trick-or-treater collects 8000 calories.

• Ghosts, pirates, and Disney characters have been the top three categories of costumes, in that order, for the past 6 years.

• The average American child will consume 12 times his or her usual daily sugar intake on Halloween, and again on the day after.

• According to the American Dental Association, only one family in 150 gives out sugar free candy to trick-or-treaters.

• More arrests for misdemeanors are made on Halloween than any other day.