'horrific statistics' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to statistics or data that is shocking or frightening. For example, "The horrific statistics from the latest report on the number of homeless people in the city have been a wake-up call for policy-makers."
Australia has horrific statistics on ear disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and the best way to explain this is through one of my patient's journey.
But the modern football fan in possession of a conscience and a reasonable knowledge of the horrific statistics about injuries suffered by players comes to resemble a nacho-scarfing version of St. Augustine, who, faced with his own lust, addresses God: "Lord, let me be pure . . . but not yet".
There are too many horrific statistics and stories to recount here.
By joining together this Mother's Day and throughout the year, we can help turn these horrific statistics around.
Despite those horrific statistics and odds, there is something within each of these families that causes them to continuously pursue hope; cherishing every minute as if it was the last, and defining exactly what unconditional love truly means.
Fighting back against these horrific statistics are Girls Not Brides, a global partnership of more than 450 civil society organizations committed to ending child marriage so girls can more freely strive for their full potential.
"Everyone is afraid in Juarez right now," says a local news reporter as horrific murder statistics — more than 3,000 dead in 2010 alone — stamp across the screen.
Driven by horrific pictures and statistics and the visceral fear of invisible death, the world's attention focuses on the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
The domestic violence statistics are horrific, and apparently deadlocked: while 570,000 women report domestic violence to the police each year, an estimated 60% of all cases go unreported.
