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A bit more data would be nice to corroborate the claim. I understand some of the criticism in the comments. :)

If you are looking for some ridiculous correlation claims, check out the spurious correlation.

Here's an example,

The number of people who drowned by falling into a swimming pool correlates with the number of films Nicolas Cage appeared in.

http://www.tylervigen.com/view_correlation?id=359

:)




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