Vital Statistics
With the Spending Review tomorrow I'm sure there will be endless figures and percentages clogging up our news agenda. So it's appropriate that Wednesday 20th October is the first UN World Statistics Day.
To mark this the Finance Department has released a list of Northern Ireland related statistics. These include that the population here grows by one every 42 minutes, that Kelly is the most common surname and that average full time earnings are £23,153?
You can find out more over on the Furher nuggets include that:
2009 NI Population : 1,788,896
Pupils leaving with 5+ good GCSEs 2008/09 :71%
Number of recorded crimes 2009/10 : 109,139
Approximately 200 people in NI have reached the age of 100
2009 saw the lowest NI death rate at 8.1 deaths per 1000 population
NI has one of the highest birth rates in EU at 2.0 children per woman of child bearing age
Jack has been the most popular baby boys name since 2004 while Katie has been most popular baby girls name since 2003
In 2009/10, NI households created almost 900,000 tonnes of waste, roughly equivalent to the weight of 3,250 jumbo jets
92% of pupils have access to a pc or laptop at home
Each year each of us travels on average 6,000 miles within Northern Ireland by all means, the equivalent of travelling three times round the coast of Ireland
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