In my obsession with numbers and statistics I am not alone.
It is not even an exclusively male trait as I am aware of many women who also revel in spreadsheets, facts, figures , trends and patterns.
It is, in my opinion, the duty of all of us to be informed, well informed and as from as many independent and impartial sources as possible.
Of course I have found myself in anxious expectation of the daily update on the terrible Coronavirus.
It is sometimes easy to forget that the world and its critical issues and problems are still rolling on in the background.
They may be taking very much of a secondary importance to those nations and populations caught up in the pandemic but truth is that key statistics and numbers are continuing.
Here is just a brief snapshot of them; These are from Worldometer, an international team of developers, researchers and volunteers with no political, governmental or corporate agenda.
Their figures are provided through their website in real-time and must be seen at source to appreciate the true picture (see link at foot of page)
The figures below were taken, very much in snapshot, starting at 6pm British Standard Time on Wednesday 15th March 2020. Some of the figures are moving so rapidly that I have estimated their rates.
Health
Communicable disease deaths today so far- 3,760,095- 1 every 2 seconds
Seasonal flu deaths- 140,880
Deaths of children under 5 years old- 2,201,620- tragically 1 every 3 seconds
Cancer deaths- 2,378,856- rate of 1 every 3 seconds
Cigarettes smoked so far today- 11,771,566,897- going up in smoke at 1 million every 5 seconds
Deaths caused by smoking- today- 1,447,985. Rate of 1 per 3 seconds
Deaths caused by alcohol- 724,453- every 10 seconds
Money spent on illegal drugs- $115,876,538,678- about $100,000 a second
Road Traffic fatalities this year - 391,008- increasing at 1 every 20 seconds
Demographics
Current World Population- 7,777,977,425. This global figure is increasing at around 5 persons per second.
Births this year- 40,570,753. Rate of increase is around 2 births per second
Births so far today - 288,165. Increasing at 2 births per second
Deaths this year so far- 17,032,743- roughly 1 death per second
Deaths so far today- 121,138- rate of 1 per second
Net population growth this year to date- 23,538,585- as per rates above for births/deaths
Net population growth today- 167,613 as above rate
Economics
Public Health Expenditure so far today $11,308,255,345- ramping up by $100,000's per second
Public Education Expenditure today- $7,752,430,230- increase of around $1,000,000 per second
Military Expenditure- today $3,541,600,358- increasing at $100,000 a second
Trade
Cars produced to date this year- 22,709,070- rolling off the production line at 1 per second
Bicycles produced so far this year- 43,568,245- pedalling off at 2 per second
Computers produced this year so far- 72,711,415- around 2 per second
Society and Media
New book titles published this year to date- 774,492. Page turning at 1 every 5 seconds
Newspapers circulated- 361,700, 459- figures in black and white- 1000 per second
TV sets sold worldwide so far today- 506,700- channel surfing at 10 per second
Cellular phone sales to date today- 4,906,620- going out at 200 per second
Money spent on video games today- $220, 365,550- playing at $2000 a second
Internet users in the world today- 4,532,187,998- logging on 10 per second
E mails sent today so far- 198,383,554, 249- flying out at more than 2 million a second
Blog posts written today so far- 587,727,334- scribbled at 300 a second
Tweets sent today so far- 588,078,245- too many you might say at 40,000 a second
Google Searches so far today- 5,408,067,348- get a life at 150,000 a second
Environment
Forest lost so far this year in hectares- 1,506,291- disappearing at 1 hectare every 5 seconds
Land lost to soil erosion to date- 2,027,886 hectares, Rate of 1 ha per 4 seconds
CO2 emissions this year so far- 10,466,736,555 tons and with 1000 tons released per second
Desertification this year to date- 3,475,766 hectares at 1 per second
Toxic chemicals released (tons) 2,836,345 this year to date at 1 ton per second
Food and Water
Undernourished people globally- 842,302,817- adding 1 per second
Overweight people globally- 1,691,862,756- piling on the pounds at 1 per second
Obese people in the world- 754,546,028- swelling at 1 per second
Deaths from hunger today, so far- 23,506. Too upsetting to comment
Money spent on obesity related programmes in USA today $443,811,884- $10000 a second
People with no access to safe drinking water- 801,906,562 - decreasing at 1 per second
Deaths caused by water related diseases- 243,908 so far to date
Energy
Days left to end of oil- 15,764
Days left to end of natural gas- 57,710
Days to end of coal- 148,879
If you don't believe the statistics just compare my snapshot to those on the real time website.
Link;
Before your very eyes- do not blink!!
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