Key Quotes for 2004

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Cambodia has the fastest rate of HIV infection in South East Asia.
Health	Tear Times - Autumn 2004



The current life expectancy of a newborn infant in Norway is 78.9 years, the highest in the world. For a new born infant in Zambia it is 32.7 years, the lowest in the world.
Health	Evangelical Times - September 2004



New government figures reveal that nearly 17,000 children were suspended or expelled from school last summer for attacking teachers or fellow pupils.
Education	Evangelical Times - September 2004



One in ten patients admitted to NHS hospitals will fall victim to medical errors. Medical errors and accidents contribute to the deaths of 72,000 people a year, and they are blamed for 40,000. They also cost the NHS £2 billion in increased hospital stays alone.
Health	The Times - 13th August 2004



A recent YouGov survey revealed that only 28 per cent of the country consider Mr Blair and his colleagues to be honest and trustworthy.
Politics	The Church of England Newspaper - 3rd September 2004



Adults aged 15 to 49 comprised just over half, 52 per cent of the world's population in 2001. This is the group perhaps most vulnerable to AIDS or HIV, and 1.2 per cent of them are infected.
Health	The Church of England Newspaper - 3rd September 2004



Uganda facts- Population: 26,404,543, Median age: 14.1, 300,000 killed under Idi Amin (dictator 1971-79), 100,000 killed under Milton Obote (dictator 1980-85), Religions- Roman Catholic 33 per cent, Protestant 33 per cent, Muslim 16 per cent, Indigenous beliefs 18 per cent.
Environment	The Church of England Newspaper - 20th August 2004



48 per cent of women and 31 per cent of men have voted in a reality TV series in the past five years; 68 per cent of men and 64 per cent of women have voted in an election.
Odd Facts	The Times - 17th September 2004



15 per cent of men are happy with the way they look compared to 7 per cent of women. 33 per cent of women consider cosmetic surgery, with only one in ten men. 53 per cent of women have been on a diet in the past year compared with 27 per cent of men. Men are more likely to work out in a gym: 38 per cent of men regularly attend compared with 31 per cent of women. 96 per cent believe that divorced or separated parents should have equal rights and responsibilities. 69 per cent of men and 59 per cent of women expect to be wealthier than their parents.
Odd Facts	The Times - 15th September 2004



Smoking kills about half of all smokers. One in ten teenagers is a regular smoker. Every year in Britain 114,000 smokers die - one fifth of all deaths. About 13 million adults (28 per cent of men and 26 per cent of women) smoke cigarettes.
Health	The Times - 10th September 2004



77 per cent of men have looked at internet pornography compared with 40 per cent of women. 82 per cent of men have had a one night stand compared to 74 per cent of women. The younger you are the more likely this is. 53 per cent of men have had sex without a condom outside a long term relationship. 32 per cent of those people who have taken cocaine still think it should be illegal to do so.
Health	The Times - 16th September 2004



A survey carried out by Just10 found that out of the 1,000 people who were questioned only seven per cent of 15-24 year olds had ever heard of the commandments and 44 per cent could not name a single one of them.
Religion/Spirituality	The Sentinel - 8th September 2004



Birth defects amount to 0.4 per cent for abnormalities such as Down's syndrome or spina bifida and between 2 and 4 per cent for minor problems that can be corrected without lasting damage such as cleft palate or hypospadias.
Health	The Times - 18th August 2004



North Ossetia is the most developed and industrialised Russian republic in the northern Caucasus. The population of 710,000, including 415,000 Ossetians and 200,000 Russians, is predominantly Christian with a Muslim minority. They speak Ossetian. Conflict between South Ossetia and Georgia led some 100,000 refugees to North Ossetia in the 1990s, sparking clashes with the Muslim Ingush population.
Odd Facts	The Times - 2nd September 2004



In 2003, official statistics showed a high increase of all sexually transmitted diseases. Syphilis was once considered eradicated, but now, together with Gonorrhoea and Chlamydia have all doubled in the last five years. The number of reported cases of HIV positive has also increased alarmingly.
Sex	Prophetic Witness - August 2004

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