Bermuda Digest Of Statistics Released
The Bermuda Digest of Statistics 2011 edition was released by the Department of Statistics, containing more than 80 statistical tables provides a wealth of data about Bermuda’s social, demographic, environmental and economic conditions.
Some of the 2010 Quick Facts include: Total Population: 64,237, Bermuda College enrolment: 1,313, Sexually transmitted infections: 521, Total registered road vehicles: 48,661, Total electricity consumed: 651 million kWh
Free hard copies of the Bermuda Digest of Statistics are available from the Department of Statistics, 3rd Floor Cedar Park Centre, Hamilton.
The full report is below [PDF here], click ‘Fullscreen’ for greater clarity:
Why is this called Statistics 2011 if the stats only show up to 2010? Do we have to wait till 2013 to get the 2011 stats from government? Why does everything to with government come later than it should? I wish I could be a year behind on my work & still get paid. It is 2012 isn’t it?
Statistics are supposed to inform and help guide decision-making. What good are old numbers?!
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So when the OBA becomes the Government they’ll be able to provide more up to date statistics? Maybe we should put Tommy Chong in charge of the Department of Statistics.
Thanks for the job suggestion LaVerne but I already have one that I do ON TIME while still being able to put your comments to rest. If I didn’t get my jobs done in a timely matter my clients would say NEXT & I wouldn’t have one. My job deals with constant deadlines not just year end ones so time is money. In the case of Department of Statistics time is tax payers money. Besides isn’t the government all about transparency now? When stats are from a year ago how transparent is that? Should we wait for another party to be elected to get stats that deal with now not the year before last?
Meant to type timely manner not matter. Where are my editors when I need them? Maybe I’ll have to hire new ones.
Speaking of timely reports LaVerne, when is the BIU going to release their 2010 audited accounts that were legally required to be filed by June 30th 2011?
I suppose we are expected to put up with poor Government performance & shut up. Is that the way it is?
What would Bermuda do with out the born complainers…
The questions are valid, if you paid for the iPad 3 and the iPad 2 was in the box…..
Welcome back Laverne and Rhonda it seems like you have been away for a week or so and I’m sure it will not be long before Specialgirl and Mia return from PLP indoctrination school……do you find it strange ladies that in the 113 page incredibly detailed digest of statistics including the price of sliced peaches that the only reference to the unemployed is that there were 28 registered unemployed as of Dec 2010? You would think the with the amount of employed statisticians we would have a better handle on the rate of unemployment…..but I would bet that you do not want the voting base to know the true number….maybe you could start with the membership of the unions and see how many have applied for unemployment benefits? probable after the wages paid to the union elite there is little left in the kitty to pay members any benefits….
Be careful, y’all! Such pointed and pertinent questions and appropriate disapproval are considered “vile” and “hateful,” “negative,” or maybe even “bullcrap.” And of course, they attract comparisons to previous and future governments, as if that excuses the current issue. So predictable. So sad, really.