Britain in Numbers : The Essential Statistics
by Briscoe, SimonFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-03-01
Publisher(s): Methuen Pub Ltd
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Summary
Statistics are the most volatile ammunition in the political armory. Replete with charts, tables, and graphs, but written in a highly explanatory and accessible manner, Britain in Numbers: The Essential Statistics delivers just the independent, trustworthy data needed by all who would be properly involved in the political and social landscape of Britain. Simon Briscoe has been statistics editor of Financial Times since 1999.
Author Biography
Simon Briscoe has been Statistics Editor of the Financial Times since 1999.
Table of Contents
| The state of Britain's statistics | p. 1 |
| Targets, targets everywhere | p. 40 |
| The birth of government figures | p. 59 |
| The politics of official statistics - history and prospects | p. 64 |
| Birth and death | p. 79 |
| Population and censuses | p. 82 |
| Marriage, cohabitation and divorce | p. 89 |
| Population change and life expentancy | p. 91 |
| Migration and asylum | p. 94 |
| Religion and ethnicity | p. 104 |
| Child care | p. 106 |
| Schools | p. 108 |
| School standards | p. 111 |
| Truancy from school | p. 116 |
| School meals | p. 118 |
| University entrance | p. 120 |
| Employment | p. 123 |
| Unemployment | p. 128 |
| New deal | p. 134 |
| Minimum wage and low pay | p. 136 |
| Equal pay for women | p. 137 |
| Sickness, disability and work | p. 140 |
| Injuries and fatalities at work | p. 146 |
| Health | p. 149 |
| NHS staffing | p. 158 |
| Child immunisation | p. 160 |
| Hospital waiting lists | p. 162 |
| Hospital superbug - MRSA | p. 164 |
| Private healthcare | p. 165 |
| Obesity, smoking and well-being | p. 167 |
| Teenage pregnancy | p. 170 |
| Abortion | p. 172 |
| Travel patterns | p. 173 |
| Vehicles on the road | p. 176 |
| Road deaths | p. 179 |
| Driving licences | p. 183 |
| Petrol | p. 185 |
| Uninsured drivers | p. 187 |
| Motoring offences | p. 188 |
| Abandoned cars | p. 190 |
| Rail performance | p. 191 |
| Train safety | p. 193 |
| Value of life | p. 197 |
| Economic growth | p. 198 |
| Economic stability | p. 201 |
| Black economy | p. 203 |
| Interest rates | p. 205 |
| Inflation | p. 207 |
| Trade and competitiveness | p. 210 |
| Productivity | p. 211 |
| Insolvencies | p. 214 |
| Government borrowing | p. 215 |
| Government debt | p. 218 |
| Public spending | p. 220 |
| Taxation | p. 226 |
| Council tax | p. 230 |
| Housing stock | p. 233 |
| Housing market | p. 237 |
| Saving, debt and borrowing | p. 242 |
| Investments | p. 246 |
| Rich and poor | p. 248 |
| Pensions | p. 255 |
| Pensioners | p. 259 |
| Child poverty | p. 262 |
| Homelessness and begging | p. 268 |
| Civil servants | p. 271 |
| Police strength | p. 274 |
| Crime | p. 276 |
| Murder | p. 281 |
| Prison population | p. 284 |
| Prisoner deaths | p. 287 |
| Northern Ireland conflict | p. 289 |
| Alcohol | p. 292 |
| Sex | p. 297 |
| Transsexuals | p. 299 |
| Class - and other classifications | p. 301 |
| Countryside | p. 304 |
| Organic food | p. 308 |
| Mad cows | p. 309 |
| Animal testing | p. 312 |
| Household waste | p. 315 |
| Internet age | p. 318 |
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