this page is not meant to be used as a reference.
i am not a statistician, these numbers are rough estimates.
although i tried my best to get these stats right, i could be totally wrong.
if you know more about numbers than i do, let me
know how to fix this so that it is right.
References:
seconds ever passed:
Age of the universe, estimated to be 13.7 billion years
birth, death, infant mortality rate:
World Population Clock, 2006
cancer:
Nation Master
heart:
Nation Master
abortion:
Nation Master
suicide:
Males and
Females
mothers:
Nation Master
murder:
Nation Master
rape:
Nation Master
marriage rate:
Marriage rate by country, weighted avg. of 6.5 per 1,000 people
divorce rate:
Divorce rate by country, weighted avg. of 1.3 per 1,000 people
orgasms: man, everybody asks about this (ya buncha perverts!) - this one is a
little joke, anyone want to take an educated guess as to what the real rate might be??
people in the world:
U.S. Census Bureau, estimated to be 6,566,884,540 as of January 01, 2007
people ever:
The Straight Dope
living things:
Why Files, 5 * 10
30 prokaryotes + ~5 * 10
30 eukaryotes ("as much as half")
neurons fired:
MIT, 6*10
13 cells in the human body * 10
7 chemical reactions per second
chemical reactions:
MIT, 10
11 neurons * 500 firings per second
another cool page:
Poodwaddle Earth Clock
and another:
breathing earth
