Thursday, March 10, 2011

TOP TEN

My niece sent me an email entitled the “Top Ten of Everything.”  Here are just a few, listing just the top three.

Most common causes of accidental death.  Deaths per year--
motor vehicle crashes   43,200
Falls                              14,900
Poisoning                        8,600

Countries with most billionaires (with a B)
United States             269
Japan                           29
Germany                     28

Countries with the most airports
United States          14,695
Brazil                        3,365
Russia                        2,743

Chocolate consumption, kg per capita
Switzerland             11.4
UK                            9.5
Belgium                    8.7
(The U.S. is tenth at 5,4)

Cleanest countries
Finland
Norway
Canada
(The U.S. isn’t even in the top ten)

Ice cream consumption, pints per capita
Australia                      44.3
New Zealand               33.4
United States               33.0

Countries with highest divorce rate, per 1000 inhabitants
Maldives                     10.97
Belarus                          4.63
United States                 4.34



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2 comments:

  1. I've been to the top 3 cleanest countries!

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  2. I'm doing my best to improve our standing on the chocolate consumption!

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