World Statistics

Dear World

TODAY is World Statistics Day – 20 October 2023

What if our World takes a serious STOP moment to read our last 2 articles with these statistics?

WHY is this not front page news headlines for the next week and coming months so we can all wake up to what is actually going on in our world?

One thousand BILLION = TRILLION
So we simply cannot just ignore the size of our debt that we have.
Worth reading our DEBT post and consider what is being presented.

What is clear is that we consume far more food than we actually need to live and we have a trillion dollar industry just for snacks and confectionery – both totally not needed and if our body could communicate with words it would say “Keep that junk away from me as it was never designed for this body”.

Next –

The following report card are some World Statistics this year so far…

For those that want these stats checked, scroll to the end for APA referencing.

Gun Related Deaths
87% increase in children’s gun related deaths in last decade (3)      

Cannabis
245% increase in Teenage Cannabis use over 20 years (4)

Cancer
99% Cervical Cancer linked to infection (5)

Human Trafficking
27.6 million adults and children worldwide (6)

Diabetes
$760 BILLION annual global expenditure (7)

Childhood Obesity
Triple since 1980s (8)

Fast Foods
52% eat fast foods in U.S. linked to liver disease (9)

Chronic Kidney Disease
700 million affected by Chronic Kidney Disease – no cure (10)

Food Addiction
1 in 8 over age 50 shows signs of Food Addiction (11)

Sport
91% former NFL players had CTE (12)

Childhood Cancer
400,000 children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer every year (13)

Heart Failure
6.2 million adults in U.S live with Heart Failure (14)

Salt
90% Americans exceed guidelines for salt (15)

Endometriosis
190 million women worldwide affected by Endometriosis (16)

Teenage Porn
1 in 5 teenagers has a porn habit (17)

Cocaine
2 BILLION UK Cocaine Market (18)

Child Sexual Abuse
1000% rise in children sexually abused since 2019 (19)

Oral Diseases
3.5 billion affected by oral diseases worldwide (20)

Drug Overdose Deaths
Drug overdose deaths quadruple in 20 years among older adults (21)

Nurses
100,000 nurses quit U.S. workforce during pandemic due to stress, burnout and retirements. (22)

Incontinence
€40 Billion per year Europe incontinence costs

€320 Billion by 2030 (23)

ADHD
2.2 million in England have ADHD (24)

This is a very small report card.
By the end of 2023, Simple Living Global will publish over 600 WORLD STATISTICS.

Next –

United Nations on World Statistics Day
Theme – Connecting the world with data we can trust
https://www.un.org/en/observances/statistics-day

What are the statistics on this post spelling out to us?
How are we going to use these statistics going forward?

Our statistics give us a reality check on what is really going on in our world today and we can no longer ignore we have a 911 in all areas of human life.

On that note…

Simple Living Global have been reporting WORLD NEWS daily since 2017 on X (formerly known as Twitter) with over 3,200 posts thus far.

We collate some of these posts and present a full report card at the end of each year.

The FULL report card for this year will be published on 31 December 2023.

For our backdated report cards on the state of our world – check these links

2018 WORLD NEWS
https://simplelivingglobal.com/2018-world-news/

2019 WORLD NEWS
https://simplelivingglobal.com/2019-world-news/

2020 WORLD NEWS
https://simplelivingglobal.com/2020-world-news/

2021 WORLD NEWS
https://simplelivingglobal.com/2021-world-news/

2022 WORLD NEWS
https://simplelivingglobal.com/2022-world-news/

 

References

(1) (n.d). A World of Debt. United Nations. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://unctad.org/publication/world-of-debt

(2) (n.d). Food – Worldwide. Statista. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.statista.com/outlook/cmo/food/worldwide

(3) Sainato, M. (2023, October 5). Gun-Related Deaths of U.S. Children are Rising at ‘Alarming’ Rate, Study Reveals. The Guardian. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/05/children-deaths-guns-rising

(4) Rideout, N. (2022, December 7). Teen Cannabis Abuse Has Increased 245% Over 20 Years, Study Finds. Oregon Health and Science University. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://news.ohsu.edu/2022/12/07/teen-cannabis-abuse-has-increased-245-over-20-years-study-finds

(5) (2023). Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. World Health Organization. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.emro.who.int/noncommunicable-diseases/campaigns/cervical-cancer-awareness-month-2023.html

(6) (2023). National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.state.gov/national-human-trafficking-prevention-month/

(7) University of Cambridge. (2023, January 11). Artificial Pancreas Successfully Trialled for Use by Type 2 Diabetes Patients. Science Daily. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230111104258.htm

(8) Sullivan, K. (2023, January 9). New Guidelines for Treating Childhood Obesity Include Medications and Surgery for First Time. NBC News. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/new-guidelines-treating-childhood-obesity-include-medications-surgery-rcna64651

(9) (2023, January 10). Consumption of Fast Food Linked to Liver Disease. Keck Medicine of USC. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://news.keckmedicine.org/consumption-of-fast-food-linked-to-liver-disease/

(10) (2023, January 19). Put Some More Prawns on the Barbie – Seafood Could Protect Against Kidney Disease. The George Institute for Global Health. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.georgeinstitute.org.au/media-releases/put-some-more-prawns-on-the-barbie-seafood-could-protect-against-kidney-disease

(11) (2023, January 30). 1 in 8 Americans Over 50 Show Signs of Food Addiction, U-M Poll Finds. University of Michigan. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://news.umich.edu/1-in-8-americans-over-50-show-signs-of-food-addiction-u-m-poll-finds/

(12) (2023, February 6). Researchers Find CTE in 345 of 376 Former NFL Players Studied. Boston University Medical Campus. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/2023/02/06/researchers-find-cte-in-345-of-376-former-nfl-players-studied/

(13) (2023). International Childhood Cancer Day. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://internationalchildhoodcancerday.org/

(14) Heart Failure Awareness Week 2023. Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA). Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://hfsa.org/heart-failure-awareness-week-2023/heart-function-not-failure

(15) Ahmed, M., Ng, A., Christoforou, A., Mulligan, C., & L’Abbé, M.R. (2023, February 6). Top Sodium Food Sources in the American Diet – Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. MDPI. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/4/831

(16) (2021, March 31). Endometriosis. World Health Organization. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/endometriosis

(17) Grant, H., & Milmo, D. (2023, March 10). A Fifth of Teenagers Watch Pornography Frequently and Some Are Addicted, UK Study Finds. The Guardian. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/10/porn-study-survey-uk-teenagers-addicted

(18) Wright, S. (2023, March 17). EXCLUSIVE Albanian Narcos Bringing Cocaine Misery from Ecuador to the Streets of Britain: Investigation Lays Bare How Mafia from Tiny Balkan Country Has Seized Control of Transatlantic Smuggling Routes to Flood Cities Like Brighton with Drugs. Mail Online. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11873035/Albanian-drug-gangs-bringing-cocaine-misery-Ecuador-streets-Britain.html

(19) (2023, March 27). Covid Lockdowns Created ‘Online Backdoor’ for Child Abusers, Says Charity. Safeguarding and Child Protection Association. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.sacpa.org.uk/2023/01/27/covid-lockdowns-created-online-backdoor-for-child-abusers-says-charity/

(20) (2023, March 14). Oral Health. World Health Organization. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/oral-health

(21) Rivero, E. (2023, March 29). Drug Overdose Fatalities Among US Older Adults Have Quadrupled Over 20 Years, UCLA Research Finds. UCLA Health. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/drug-overdose-fatalities-among-us-older-adults-have

(22) (2023, April 13). NCSBN Research Projects Significant Nursing Workforce Shortages and Crisis. NCSBN. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.ncsbn.org/news/ncsbn-research-projects-significant-nursing-workforce-shortages-and-crisis

(23) Hesston, E. (2023, September 25). Incontinence Costs European Society Over 40 Billion Euros Per Year. European Association of Urology. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://uroweb.org/news/incontinence-costs-european-society-over-40-billion-euros-per-year

(24) Davis, N. (2023, September 29). Doctors in England Told Not to Start New Patients on ADHD Drugs Due to Shortage. The Guardian. Retrieved October 20, 2023 from
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/29/doctors-in-england-told-not-to-start-new-patients-on-adhd-drugs-due-to-shortage