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Last update: Wednesday 25th March




Another person develops dementia every three minutes. There are more than 180,000 new cases of the condition in England and Wales each year.
Health	The Sentinel – 15th March 2006



The number of children under 14 becoming pregnant rose from 334 in 2003 to 341 in 2004. 66% of those had an abortion. In 2004, a total of 13,616 girls of 16 became pregnant compared to 13,303 in 2003; 45% of those had an abortion. Among 17 year olds, rates also showed an increase from 20,835 to 20,921, and 41% had an abortion. The pregnancy figures dropped among 14 year olds from 1888 to 1751 and 15 year olds 5802 to 5521.
Health	Evangelical Times – April 2006



Britons are more worried about lack of exercise and sleep deprivation than passive smoking. More than half (53%), were troubled by not exercising, and 17% were worried by smoking.
Health	The Sentinel – 7th March 2006



There are 1,028 people up to the age of 19 with autism in Staffordshire. Nationally, teachers see autism in one in every 86 children.
Health	The Sentinel – 14th March 2006



Nearly 7,000 deaths per year in the UK could be prevented if the average person replaced one daily snack with dried fruit and natural nuts.
Health	The Sentinel – 14th March 2006



Four out of 10 people have experienced feelings of stress and anxiety because they do not feel in control of their finances. It’s been dubbed by medical experts Money Sickness Syndrome.
Health	The Sentinel - 20th January 2006



Mobile phone users can feel stressed and anxious if separated from their handsets. Out of those surveyed, 90% were obsessed with checking their phone at least once an hour.
Health	The Sentinel – 26th January 2006



Almost three million British workers may have had to take a month off work in the past three years due to illness. A survey of more than 600 full and part time workers found 11% had been absent for more than a month at one time in the last three years.
Health	The Sentinel – 8th February 2006



Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK are suffering from the effects of tinnitus. A survey of almost 900 people with tinnitus found that 41% said it had a negative effect on their personal relationships.
Health	The Sentinel – 20th February 2006



In the UK, all children can get immunisations to protect them from diseases, but in Niger, more than one in five children will die before they are five years old. In Madagascar, over 100,000 children die each year from illnesses such as malaria and measles.
Health	Kids Alive – 28th January 2006



Africa is home to 25 million people with HIV – which is 64% of global infections.
Health	Life and Work – March 2006



Every day in Africa, 6,300 people die and another 8,500 contract the HIV virus – 1,400 of whom are newborn babies infected during childbirth or by their mother’s milk.
Health	Life and Work – March 2006



24 million anti-depressant prescription items are issued each year and by the way - our society is a TRILLION pounds in debt.
Health	Social Trends, Office for National Statistics and Bank of England



Each year 140,000 people in the UK attempt suicide and 4,000 children every day call childline.
Health	Community Care & Childline



Over the last 35 years - an average of one abortion every three minutes has been carried out legally in the UK 80% funded by the our National Health Service.
Health	Government Statistical Service

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