bekisman
12-Jan-10, 20:24
Can't be true?!
Had this email come in earlier, seems to doing the rounds. Don't blame me, my health has been first class in Scotland, number of times in Dunbar, Wick General and Inverness..
but what comments do folks have?
1. Children in Scotland continue to have Europe's highest rate of tooth decay.
2. The rates of suicide in Scotland are the highest in the UK, almost double those in England.
3. Scotland has one of the highest death rates from Coronary Heart Disease in the western world
4. Obesity levels in Scotland are the second highest in the developed world behind the USA.
5. The west of Scotland has the highest rate of drink-related benefit claimants in the UK.
6. Men and women in Scotland are twice as likely to die an alcohol-related death as people in the UK as a whole
7. The number of obese children in Scotland is running at double the UK average
8 Scotland has one of the highest rates of stroke in the world
9 Scotland has the highest overall death rate for cancer in the UK
10 Scotland has the highest rate of deaths from lung cancer in Europe
11 The cancer maps show that bowel cancer rates for men and women were higher than average in Scotland
12 Cancers associated with drinking alcohol - of the lip, mouth and throat - were again more common in Scotland
13 Scotland also had higher than average rates of bladder cancer in women and in northern Scotland there was a higher than average incidence of breast cancer
14 Scotland has the second highest murder rate in western Europe and Scots are more than three times more likely to be murdered than people in England and Wales
15 Glasgow is in fact the murder capital of Europe, with about 70 killings each year
16 Unemployment in Scotland has increased despite a fall across the UK as a whole
17 Scotland has some of the worst rates of tobacco related illness in western Europe, and the highest smoking rates in the UK.
18 Scotland has amongst the worst child poverty rates and the worst diet and the worst dietary illness in Europe
19 Scotland has one of the worst conviction rates for Rape
20. Scottish Drivers have worst eyesight in Britain
21. Scotland is the worst place in the UK to be deaf
22. Scotland has the highest rate of E coli 0157 infection in the UK
23. Scotland worst in UK for attacks on police
24. Legal protection for hate crime on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity in Scotland is way behind the rest of the UK.
25. Scotland still has one of the lowest organ donation rates in the EU
26. Scotland has one of the highest prevalence of injecting drug use in Europe
27. About 50,000 people in Scotland are infected with Hepatitis C - double the UK average
28. Pets in Scotland and Wales suffer from the highest UK rates of two major diseases linked to poor diet and lack of exercise, heart disease and diabetes
29. Unwanted pregnancies rates are higher than in most other Western European countries
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4465000/4465170.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4465000/4465170.stm)
2. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/hsq/HSQ31suicide_trends.pdf (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/hsq/HSQ31suicide_trends.pdf)
3. http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/2438.html (http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/2438.html)
4. http://wishingwellness.co.uk/news/world-news/obesity-levels-in-scotland-are-second-highest.html (http://wishingwellness.co.uk/news/world-news/obesity-levels-in-scotland-are-second-highest.html)
5. http://www.aa-uk.org.uk/alcoholics-anonymous-reviews/2007/05/scotland-tops-uk-for-those-on-benefits.html (http://www.aa-uk.org.uk/alcoholics-anonymous-reviews/2007/05/scotland-tops-uk-for-those-on-benefits.html)
6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6386173.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6386173.stm)
7. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20060917/ai_n16733679/pg_3 (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20060917/ai_n16733679/pg_3)
8. http://www.stroke.org.uk/in_your_area/scotland/index.html (http://www.stroke.org.uk/in_your_area/scotland/index.html)
9. http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/archive/newsarchive/2007/july/18226486 (http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/archive/newsarchive/2007/july/18226486)
10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1875390.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1875390.stm)
11. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2005/07/11/ncanc06.xml (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2005/07/11/ncanc06.xml)
12. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/06/ncanc06.xml (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/06/ncanc06.xml)
13. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/06/ncanc06.xml (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/06/ncanc06.xml)
14. http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/scotnews07/070716_murder.html (http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/scotnews07/070716_murder.html)
15. http://onepearsallandhisbooks.blogspot.com/2005/09/glasgow-murder-city.html (http://onepearsallandhisbooks.blogspot.com/2005/09/glasgow-murder-city.html)
16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_6272000/6272073.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_6272000/6272073.stm)
17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/scotland/3190353.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/scotland/3190353.stm)
18. http://www.scottishsocialistparty.org/schoolmeals/Even_tatties.pdf (http://www.scottishsocialistparty.org/schoolmeals/Even_tatties.pdf)
19. http://www.zerotolerance.org.uk/news/article.php?id=45 (http://www.zerotolerance.org.uk/news/article.php?id=45)
20. http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_scotnews041027.hcsp#P2_91 (http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_scotnews041027.hcsp#P2_91)
21. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/transcripts/yy_20030212.pdf (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/transcripts/yy_20030212.pdf)
22. http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3318597 (http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3318597)
23. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3280326 (http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3280326)
24. http://www.stonewallscotland.org.uk/scotland/information_bank/hate_crime/default.asp (http://www.stonewallscotland.org.uk/scotland/information_bank/hate_crime/default.asp)
25.http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1962439.0.Radical_overhaul_to_organ_do nation_system.php (http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1962439.0.Radical_overhaul_to_organ_do nation_system.php)
26. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2002/07/15074/8613 (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2002/07/15074/8613)
27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4295116.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4295116.stm)
28. http://www.ukpets.co.uk/?section=Home&sub=News&method=fetch&item=927 (http://www.ukpets.co.uk/?section=Home&sub=News&method=fetch&item=927)
29. http://www.thpc.scot.nhs.uk/Publications/Annual%20Report01/chap4.htm (http://www.thpc.scot.nhs.uk/Publications/Annual%20Report01/chap4.htm)
Had this email come in earlier, seems to doing the rounds. Don't blame me, my health has been first class in Scotland, number of times in Dunbar, Wick General and Inverness..
but what comments do folks have?
1. Children in Scotland continue to have Europe's highest rate of tooth decay.
2. The rates of suicide in Scotland are the highest in the UK, almost double those in England.
3. Scotland has one of the highest death rates from Coronary Heart Disease in the western world
4. Obesity levels in Scotland are the second highest in the developed world behind the USA.
5. The west of Scotland has the highest rate of drink-related benefit claimants in the UK.
6. Men and women in Scotland are twice as likely to die an alcohol-related death as people in the UK as a whole
7. The number of obese children in Scotland is running at double the UK average
8 Scotland has one of the highest rates of stroke in the world
9 Scotland has the highest overall death rate for cancer in the UK
10 Scotland has the highest rate of deaths from lung cancer in Europe
11 The cancer maps show that bowel cancer rates for men and women were higher than average in Scotland
12 Cancers associated with drinking alcohol - of the lip, mouth and throat - were again more common in Scotland
13 Scotland also had higher than average rates of bladder cancer in women and in northern Scotland there was a higher than average incidence of breast cancer
14 Scotland has the second highest murder rate in western Europe and Scots are more than three times more likely to be murdered than people in England and Wales
15 Glasgow is in fact the murder capital of Europe, with about 70 killings each year
16 Unemployment in Scotland has increased despite a fall across the UK as a whole
17 Scotland has some of the worst rates of tobacco related illness in western Europe, and the highest smoking rates in the UK.
18 Scotland has amongst the worst child poverty rates and the worst diet and the worst dietary illness in Europe
19 Scotland has one of the worst conviction rates for Rape
20. Scottish Drivers have worst eyesight in Britain
21. Scotland is the worst place in the UK to be deaf
22. Scotland has the highest rate of E coli 0157 infection in the UK
23. Scotland worst in UK for attacks on police
24. Legal protection for hate crime on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity in Scotland is way behind the rest of the UK.
25. Scotland still has one of the lowest organ donation rates in the EU
26. Scotland has one of the highest prevalence of injecting drug use in Europe
27. About 50,000 people in Scotland are infected with Hepatitis C - double the UK average
28. Pets in Scotland and Wales suffer from the highest UK rates of two major diseases linked to poor diet and lack of exercise, heart disease and diabetes
29. Unwanted pregnancies rates are higher than in most other Western European countries
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4465000/4465170.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4465000/4465170.stm)
2. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/hsq/HSQ31suicide_trends.pdf (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/hsq/HSQ31suicide_trends.pdf)
3. http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/2438.html (http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/2438.html)
4. http://wishingwellness.co.uk/news/world-news/obesity-levels-in-scotland-are-second-highest.html (http://wishingwellness.co.uk/news/world-news/obesity-levels-in-scotland-are-second-highest.html)
5. http://www.aa-uk.org.uk/alcoholics-anonymous-reviews/2007/05/scotland-tops-uk-for-those-on-benefits.html (http://www.aa-uk.org.uk/alcoholics-anonymous-reviews/2007/05/scotland-tops-uk-for-those-on-benefits.html)
6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6386173.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6386173.stm)
7. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20060917/ai_n16733679/pg_3 (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20060917/ai_n16733679/pg_3)
8. http://www.stroke.org.uk/in_your_area/scotland/index.html (http://www.stroke.org.uk/in_your_area/scotland/index.html)
9. http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/archive/newsarchive/2007/july/18226486 (http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/archive/newsarchive/2007/july/18226486)
10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1875390.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1875390.stm)
11. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2005/07/11/ncanc06.xml (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2005/07/11/ncanc06.xml)
12. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/06/ncanc06.xml (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/06/ncanc06.xml)
13. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/06/ncanc06.xml (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/06/ncanc06.xml)
14. http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/scotnews07/070716_murder.html (http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/scotnews07/070716_murder.html)
15. http://onepearsallandhisbooks.blogspot.com/2005/09/glasgow-murder-city.html (http://onepearsallandhisbooks.blogspot.com/2005/09/glasgow-murder-city.html)
16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_6272000/6272073.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_6272000/6272073.stm)
17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/scotland/3190353.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/scotland/3190353.stm)
18. http://www.scottishsocialistparty.org/schoolmeals/Even_tatties.pdf (http://www.scottishsocialistparty.org/schoolmeals/Even_tatties.pdf)
19. http://www.zerotolerance.org.uk/news/article.php?id=45 (http://www.zerotolerance.org.uk/news/article.php?id=45)
20. http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_scotnews041027.hcsp#P2_91 (http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_scotnews041027.hcsp#P2_91)
21. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/transcripts/yy_20030212.pdf (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/transcripts/yy_20030212.pdf)
22. http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3318597 (http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3318597)
23. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3280326 (http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3280326)
24. http://www.stonewallscotland.org.uk/scotland/information_bank/hate_crime/default.asp (http://www.stonewallscotland.org.uk/scotland/information_bank/hate_crime/default.asp)
25.http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1962439.0.Radical_overhaul_to_organ_do nation_system.php (http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1962439.0.Radical_overhaul_to_organ_do nation_system.php)
26. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2002/07/15074/8613 (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2002/07/15074/8613)
27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4295116.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4295116.stm)
28. http://www.ukpets.co.uk/?section=Home&sub=News&method=fetch&item=927 (http://www.ukpets.co.uk/?section=Home&sub=News&method=fetch&item=927)
29. http://www.thpc.scot.nhs.uk/Publications/Annual%20Report01/chap4.htm (http://www.thpc.scot.nhs.uk/Publications/Annual%20Report01/chap4.htm)