The Value of One Hour: 10 Alarming Facts

One hour is 60 minutes and 3,600 seconds. Many consequences are occurring during an hour worldwide. Here are some of the alarming facts occurring in an hour according to the available statistics.

Number of Births

The number of births is increasing day by day. Particularly in developing countries it is increasing rapidly. The number of births per hour is 15,300.

Suicides

The rate of suicides is increasing because of lack of communication and proper relationship with family members, increasing frustration and depression. Number of suicides per hour is 100. Number of people attempting suicide in an hour is 1200.

Abortions

Available statistics regarding abortions are horrifying. According to WHO, number of abortions is 5,250 per hour.

New HIV Victims

According to UNAIDS/WHO for every 7.5seconds a new person is being infected with HIV. Number of new AIDS victims per hour is 480. Number of people under age 25 who become HIV positive per hour is 240. 48 children are being infected with HIV every hour.

Road Accidents

136 people are dying in road accidents per an hour and more than 4000 people are getting injured out of which 1200 people are seriously injured.

Global Warming

Increase in global warming is 0.00000114°C per hour.

Extinct Species

According to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) the current rate of extinction is about 27,000 species per year i.e. per hour 3 species are getting extinct.

Smoking

600,000,000 cigarettes are being sold during an hour worldwide. According to WHO, smoking kills 560 people every hour.

Decreasing Forest

About 1,483 hectares of forest areas are vanishing every hour.

Consumption of plastic carry bags: Consumption of plastic carry bags is increasing rapidly. 3,600,000,000 plastic bags are being consumed per hour out of which only 1% is recycled. 7000 to 14000 barrels of oil is being consumed per hour to produce plastic bags.

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Comments (11)
#1 by IcyCucky
May 30, 2008
Wow, this is fascinating to know. Great article, Valli!
#2 by AJ Garcia
May 30, 2008
Hi Valli! The numbers are really alarming. This is informative. Godbless
#3 by Ruby Hawk
May 30, 2008
We are going to run out of space and be off to other planets. I often wonder if that is how we came to be on earth.
#4 by nobert soloria bermosa
May 30, 2008
interesting info,thanks valli
#5 by karthiksharma
May 31, 2008
nice facts ..... keep on updating new facts ......
#6 by RJ Chamberlain
May 31, 2008
Loved this article. Great teacher page. Cheers
#7 by valli
Jun 1, 2008
Thank you all, for reading.
#8 by Dee Huff
Jun 2, 2008
Scary numbers!
#9 by CHAN LEE PENG
Jun 2, 2008
Thanks, very interesting to read! Take care!
#10 by Shames
Jun 2, 2008
Interesting article! Thank you for sharing this.
#11 by JVB
Jun 3, 2008
Isn't it incredible. I like the saying there's never nothing going on. Great article.
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