Tag Archive: Statistic of the Year

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) levels in our atmosphere are sky high and climbing.

Even as The Dodder struggles to turn back time and recreate old markets to keep the American Coal Mining industry on life support, studies emanating from labs in 51 countries encircling the planet indicate that CO2 levels in the atmosphere encircling same planet are surging upwards.

Numbers released for the previous year 2016 marked the “the largest increase we have ever seen in the 30 years” of WHO global atmosphere watch measurements.  Only time (and an American 5^th Grader) will tell whether 2017’s devastating forest fire records and the tremendous influx of hot air emanating from the Woeful Office will fuel a new record high.

State of the Workers’ State in China         

China’s communist capital is concerned that their communist Workers’ State is making a statement re the State’s treatment of the labour movement.  Only time will tell who is going to capitalize on this new twist.

Related Statistic: With 190 billionaires and more than two million millionaires, China tags just behind the US in number of high-net-worth individuals.  — Forbes magazine and Boston Consulting Group.

Ebola is not the first or the worst epidemic out of  Africa.

According to the latest data from the World Health Organization, more than 20,000 people have been diagnosed with Ebola virus and more than 7,800 have died of it; however, the following chart from 2012 castes some perspective on what that means relative to some of Africa’s other killers.

Related Statistic:  The worldwide death toll for the SARS virus was 770.  The H5N1 bird flu claimed 390 lives. As at December 31 there have been over 10,000 homicides in the USA.

Just how bad are our national debt levels?

For a more in depth discussion see the BBC article, How bad are US debt levels?

The World Meteorological Organization reported that despite an early cooling La Niña for half the year, 2012 will be one of the top ten hottest years since records started to be kept more than 160 years ago. Nearly half the population in the world has never experienced a month that was colder than normal globally. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, September 2012 was the 16th month since 2000 that the Earth has tied or broken a monthly warm temperature record.

Runner up: A study conducted by the American Food and Drug Administration found that 90% of more than 100 different prescription and non-prescription drugs were still safe and effective to use even 15 years after their printed date of expiration.