20 million The number of calls made to NHS Direct since its 1998 launch

101 The average number of visits each day to one of the 42 NHS walk-in centres

93% The proportion of patients offered an appointment with a GP within two working days

0.8% The average annual increase in the number of GPs in England between 1996 and 2002, compared with 3% for all doctors and 4.8% for consultants

1 in 50 The proportion of babies born at home

75 The fall in the number of health visitors (full-time equivalent) in post in the NHS in England between 1995 and 2002. Over the same period, the total number of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff rose 16%

5,600 The total of long-stay NHS beds remaining in England for older people with mental illness. In 1994-95, there were 10,700

4 The number of ministers who have successively held responsibility for mental health under the Labour government

1st Britain's place in the European league for teenage pregnancies

42% The proportion of mothers still breastfeeding their babies at six weeks

709,000 The number of minor operations done in England in GP surgeries and other primary-care settings

1 in 4 The proportion of people who think that anyone with a history of mental health problems should be excluded from public ofÞce

7.4 The years a man in social class I can expect to outlive a man in social class V

33% The proportion of young women who are overweight or obese, according to the health survey for England. For young men, the Þgure is 32%

50% The increase over Þve years in the number of young women who drink more alcohol than the recommended limit. The proportion is now 32%, and 42% for young men

£11.37 The average cost of a prescription item. The prescription charge in England is £6.30

140,900 The estimated number of problem drug users receiving treatment at drug treatment agencies and GPs in England

53% The proportion of people who say they are still not smoking four weeks after setting a quit date under an NHS smoking cessation programme

12,800 The number of treatments of electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) administered to people with mental illnesses in England in a three-month period

70% The difference in infant mortality rates between the most deprived and most affluent areas of England and Wales

45% The proportion of 15-year-olds who have taken drugs

7,407 The number of "intermediate care" beds now open in England for patients ready for hospital discharge but unable to return home. The total is up 75% in three years

13,600 Patients detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act at the last survey. In 2002-03, there was a total 46,900 detentions

20% The rise over 12 months in the estimated number of people in the UK living with HIV, now put at 49,500

8.9 The rate of suicides per 100,000 population, down from 9.2 in 1995-96

10,452 The number of contracted pharmacies in England and Wales. Some 52% are in chains of more than Þve

1 in 6 The proportion of adults living in the community who have a neurotic disorder such as depression, anxiety or phobia

19m Items of statins (drugs that reduce cholesterol in the bloodstream) dispensed in 2003. In 1995, the total was just 1 million

£7,182,200,000 The cost of the 631m items prescribed in England in 2002-03

23% The fall in 10 years in the number of adults treated by an NHS dentist. The number of children treated dropped 5%

· Sources: Chief Executive's Report to the NHS; Securing Good Health for the Whole Population; Attitudes to Mental Illness 2003; Health and Personal Social Services Statistics

· For more health statistics: www.doh.gov.uk/public/stats1.htm

· For more data on social trends: www.statistics.gov.uk