Några goda nyheter

Dagens goda nyhet uppdateras på sympatisk från-och-till-basis, så här några länkar på temat medan det är paus där:

- MRSA superbug death total 'continues to fall' - The annual number of deaths linked to MRSA [i England och Wales] has fallen again - and is now nearly a quarter of what it was four years ago, official figures show.

- Mosquitoes 'disappearing' in some parts of Africa - Malaria-carrying mosquitoes are disappearing in some parts of Africa, but scientists are unsure as to why.

- Good News: We’re Getting Better at Not Killing Sea Turtles - Human-caused sea turtle deaths are down 94% since 1990 because of “fisheries-specific bycatch mitigation measures.”

 - Ur Dödsorsaker 2010 (pdf) - Totalt avled 990 av 100 000 kvinnor och 941 av 100 000 män. Jämfört med 2009 innebär detta en minskning med 0,4 procent för kvinnorna och med 0,5 procent för männen.

-The Worldwide Decline in Conscription: A Victory for Economics? - To put the size of this shift into perspective, consider that in 1970, only 20 percent of the countries for which we have data did not use conscription. In 2009, that figure was nearly 55 percent!