Britain By Numbers

Whilst i came was reading what seems to be my new favourite newspaper since my switch to Conservatives, i came across an article showing Britain in forms of numerical statistics. I was sat in McDonalds eating a very disgusting Curry Chicken Sandwich (99p) and a McFluffy (New Orange Rolo flavour - very nice) i thought the stats were very interesting so i though i'd share.

39 is the age when the average Englishman is halfway through his life. For women it's 41

If you make it to 80, you will on average make it to 87

Interstingly life expectancy actually stops plummeting so fast once you are in yoru 90s. A 100 year old is just as likelyto make 102 as a 96 year old is to make 98

The average British man drinks 17 units of alcohol a week - woman drink 7.5. We drink more per capita than the Aussies, Finns and Yankees. However less than the French and Germans.

People are more likely to binge drink in the North East of England and people are more sober in East Anglia (THAT SOUNDS A BIT RIDUCLOUS)

Brits drank more in the Victorian times than we do today.

There are three abortions in the UK to every ten births - a total of 190,000 abortions a year (only inclduing england and wales).

The NHS is the world's third largest employer (1,000,000 employees) - behind Chinese Army, and Indians railways.

We spend £80,000,000,000 (billions right?) on the NHS - equating to £1,400 each a year. So so far i've used none of that for 20 years of life - please sir can i have £28,000 in my pocket instead please?

More people in Bostwana, Peru and Albania hae the MMR jab than in the UK now that research has suggested that it has links to autism.

31,000,000 people are married in UK. There were more marriages in 2003 than in 2002. There was more divorces in 1993 than in 2004. 70% of divorces are now instigates by women.

Teenage pregnancy in the UK is twice as high as in Germant and five times as high in Holland, depsite fwere than third of British girls being sexually active by the age of 16. One in eight conceptions in England and Wales is by a teenager.

There has been more than 100 tax rises since 1997 (Labour got into power)., £190,000,000,000 is collected in income tax and national insurance a year.

The ethnic 'minorities' are becoming majorities in some areas of the UK like Brent and Newham. However 99.6% of people who live in Cornwall are white. However as a whole 91% of the population is white british. Asians - 2.25 million and Carribean and African - 1 million.

Pupils in state schools miss on average one in 12 school days due to truancy.. On average we miss 10 ten days per year due to authorised absecnse

There are 90 Universities in UK

In 1995, one in 20 Britons went to university. In 2002 it rose to 35%

One in five chiudren aged 15-16 skip breakfast

(MY FAVOURITE) Britons fav vegatable is the baked bean. we consume more baked beans than anyone else on Earth - except for the Irish.

For every mile traveled, death is 140 times more likely in a car than a plance However because of the number of journey made, cars are actually safer than planes per journey.

In 2002, men committed 97% of all dangerous driving offences in UK.

There are OFFICIALLY 500 'rough sleepers' on the streets of Britain. Compared to 1,850 in 1998. Half of these are in London.

and finally

858 murders were commited in Briain in 2003 - 2004. belfast has the highest murder rate in the UK and London's reate is below that ofStockhol, Amsterdam and Vienna.