Friday, November 09, 2007

How the UK changed between 1997 & 2007

Make of these what you will...
I copied the following statistics from a special Observer Supplement on the Blair Years published earlier in the year. I came across then again recently and thought they might be of use as sermon illustrations or just general interest...

Life Expectancy
1997 - 74.8 (m) & 79.7 (f)
2007 - 76.6 (m) & 81 (f)

Households with multi-channel TV
1997 - 25.5%
2007 - 78.6%

Pupils at Private Schools
1997 - 473,000
2007 - 615,000

Average House Price
1997 - 72,382
2007 - 172,006

Number of Mobile Phones
1997 - 8m
2007 - 65m

CCTV Cameras
1997 - 100,000
2007 - 4m

Men using Viagra
1997 - 0
2007 - 900,000

Average attendance at Premiership matches
1997 - 18,463
2007 - 34,171

Prison population
1997 - 61,114
2007 - 79,380

Visits to Museums
1997 - 14.4m
2007 - 38m

Cost of flight between London & Frankfurt
1997 - £325.00
2007 - £118.90

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