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A lot of people get confused by different terms for the political or geographic body that includes England; some people will use Great Britain and the U.K. interchangeably. There are, however, some key differences between Britain, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, and England.
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Percentages of use of weapons in violent incidents in 2006/07
All violence
Domestic
Mugging
Stranger
Acquaintance
Wounding
Robbery
Assault with minor injury
Assault with no injury
Weapons used
24
13
29
25
26
22
35
10
31
No weapon used
74
87
67
72
74
76
63
89… Read more
Numbers and percentages of violent incidents against men and women by violence category in 2006/07
Number of incidents (thousands)
Percentage of incidents by violence type1
Men
Women
All
Men
Women
All
Domestic
93
312
407
6
33
16
Mugging
217
175
392
14
19
16
Stranger
684… Read more
Unemployed persons as a share of the total active population
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Males
9.2
7.6
6.8
6.5
5.9
5.5
5.6
5.5
5.0
5.2
5.7
5.6
Females
6.3
5.8
5.3
5.2
4.8
4.4
4.5
4.3
4.2
4.3
4.9
4.9… Read more
Number of crimes recorded by the police in 2005/06 and 2006/07
Crime
Number of crimes (thousands)
% change
2005/06
2006/07
2005/06 to 2006/07
Violence againt the person (VAP)
1,059.6
1,046.5
-1
Sexual offences
62.1
57.5
-7
Robbery
98.2
101.4
3
Domestic burglary
300.5
292.3
-3
Other… Read more
Estimates in thousands
Mid-year
United Kingdom
Great Britain
England and Wales
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
1995
58,025
56,376
51,272
48,383
2,889
5,104
1,649
1996
58,164
56,503
51,410
48,519
2,891
5,092
1,662
1997
58,314
56,643
51,560
48,665
2,895… Read more
Excluding overtime on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence
Full-time
Part-time
All
April 2006 £ per hour
Men
11.64
6.86
11.15
Women
10.14
7.01
8.67
All
11.03
7.00
9.84
April 2007 £ per hour
Men
11.96
7.18
11.48
Women
10.46
7.29
8.97
All
11.34
7.27
10… Read more
Gross annual rates for adults in the same job at least 12 months
Men
Women
All
£ thousands
April 2006
25.6
19.9
23.4
April 2007
26.3
20.5
24.0
Per cent change
2.7
2.8
2.7
Source: UK Statistics Authority, Web: www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk
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Per 1,000 persons in the United Kingdom
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Divorces
2.9
3.0
2.8
2.7
2.7
2.6
2.7
2.7
2.8
2.8
2.6
n/a
Marriages
5.55
5.39
5.32
5.21
5.13
5.19
10.32
4.94
5.14
9.80
5.231
n/a… Read more
Numbers (thousands) in England and Wales
Year
All ages
Under 20
20â24
25â29
30â34
35â39
40 and over
Mean age1 (years)
1995
219.9
36.3
69.7
59.6
37.0
14.4
3.0
26.0
1996
232.7
39.3
71.1
62.3
40.5
16.2
3.2
26.1
1997
238.2
41.1
69.5
63.4
42.2… Read more
Numbers (thousands) in England and Wales
Year
All ages
Under 20
20â24
25â29
30â34
35â39
40 and over
Mean age1 (years)
1995
648.1
41.9
130.7
217.4
181.2
65.5
11.3
28.5
1996
649.5
44.7
125.7
211.1
186.4
69.5
12.1
28.6
1997
643.1
46.4
118.6
202.8… Read more
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