STATISTICS REVEAL THE EXTENT OF THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE FOR BRITAIN AND IRELAND 100,000 Children a year run away from Broken Homes Source: The Children’s Society

41% of all Children Born in the UK are to unmarried couplesSource: Social Trends 34, Office of National Statistics

The UK has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe Source: Social Trends 33, Office of National Statistics

Over the last 35 years – an average of one abortion every three minutes has been carried out legally in the UK 80% funded by the our National Health Service Source: Government Statistical Service

Each year 140,000 people in the UK attempt suicide and 4,000 children every day call childline Source: Community Care & Childline

60 million acts of crime happen in the UK each year Source: Civitas

Regular annual drug users: 5 million use cannabis / 3.4 million ecstasy / 2 million amphetamines & cocaine Source: Observer/ICM Poll

British Telecom blocks 20,000 attempts per day of people trying to watch pornographic acts with children on the internet Source: BT Retail & BBC Today

Programme Sex scenes on British television have increased 300% in the last five years Source: ITC and BBC / Media Watch UK

At peak times 8 out of 10 admissions to the Emergency Room are a result of drinking costing the UK £12 billion a year Source: Alcohol Concern & Prime Ministers Strategy Unit

380,000 people are living on the street, if brought together – the figure would be bigger than the population of Cardiff (The Capital of Wales)

Source: Crisis – Britain’s Invisible City Report

24 million anti-depressant prescription items are issued each year and our society is a TRILLION pounds in debt. Source: Social Trends, Office for National Statistics and Bank of England.

Source: Article compiled from numerous statistical sources as given

March 2006

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