Statistics of the week

Statistics of the week

In Knowsley, in Merseyside, 68.5% of children are born to
unmarried mothers. In Kensington and Chelsea, it's 23.6%; and in Magherafelt, Co Londonderry, 22.7%.
The Sunday Times
The top 5,000 earners in New York account for 38.7% of the city's tax income.
The Guardian
In India, access to a mobile phone is more common than access to a lavatory. India's mobile subscribers totalled 563 million at the last count, from a population of 1.2bn. But according to a 2008 UN report, just 366 million have access to proper sanitation.
The Daily Telegraph