Austerity Deaths, C-Sections and being struck by lightning.
Has Austerity caused 120 thousand deaths in the UK and does God hate men? Tim Harford and team investigate these claims and more.
During Question Time on the 19th journalist Ash Sarkar claimed that 120,000 people have been killed by austerity measures, but is this true? We speak to Mike Murphy, professor of demography at the London School of Economics to find out more.
Loyal listener Viv emailed us after hearing a surprising statistic: 鈥榩roducing a leg of lamb releases the same amount of Co2 as a transatlantic flight鈥� 鈥� does this spell the end of the Easter Sunday roast or are the figures a bit woolly?
Yet more loyal listeners Charles and Lucy emailed us wondering if we could look into how many women in China give birth in hospitals, and whether it was true that 50% of births there are delivered by caesarean section. Oh, and we also mention guts and bacteria鈥�
Does God hate men? Seems quite a controversial statement but when the statistics show that men are four times more likely to be struck by lightning than women you can鈥檛 help but wonder鈥� Tim talks to Timandra Harkness to find out more.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Lizzy McNeill
Editor: Richard Vadon
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