A numbers quiz

[wellinghall]

Answer as many or as few as you wish.

1. There were 58.9m people living in the UK in April 2001. How many of those were women?
2. How many babies were born in the UK in 2008?
3. How many people died in the UK in 2008?
4. How many deaths were from external causes? (accidents etc)
5. How many cases of measles were reported in the UK in 2008?
6. And how many cases of malaria?
7. How many marriages took place in the UK in 2007?
8. And how many divorces?
9. How many legal migrants were there into the UK in 2008?
10. Which was the only baby boy name to be in the top 10 in both 1934 and 2008?

Comments

[gurthaew.livejournal.com]

1) Enough.
2) Too many.
3) A fair number.
4) Too many.
5) Quite a few.
6) More than you would think.
7) A lot.
8) A fair few.
9) Quite a lot.
10) Wayne?

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

Nicely executed.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Excellent! :-)

[bouncy-elf.livejournal.com]

6. About 6000 I think I read somewhere..

10. Jack isn't it? That's been at the top of the list for aaages..

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

I think the answer to 10 is either James or William. Quite possibly the former. Not Jack, since in 1934 boys would have been named John (but CALLED Jack).