switzerland - lief - birth, age, weddings

life • birth, age, wedding, divorce, religion

A child was born ....

In 1997 there were 80'500 babies born - 11,7 ‰ of the population lived this happy event.

Foreign families have more children than Swiss people.

Age

The life expectancy in Switzerland is 75,3 years for men and 81,7 years for women. So women live longer than men.

Life expectancy has risen more among women than among men who tend to die earlier (before the age of 70), mainly due to accidents and violence, lung cancer and alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver. Life expectancy has shot up during this century, largely as a result of falling infant and child mortality.

As the forecast of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office shows, the part of the population that is older than 65 years (that is actually the age of retire ) is growing. There may result a serious problem for our society.

Weddings & divorces

Last year there were almost 40'000 weddings - 5 ‰ of the population.. As the graphic shows - the number of married people is growing. even if there were 17'000 divorces in the same period ( about 40 % of the weddings ; 2,2 ‰ of the population)

Religions

In Switzerland we have two base religions. They are catholic and protestant. There are no religious problems, except maybe some female-students from Islamic cultures who have problems with our culture (mixed schools, clothing).

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© gregory egli, julien manenti, thomas salletmeier
s3a sekundarschule spreitenbach, switzerland

A child was born .... In 1997 there were 80'500 babies born - 11,7 ‰ of the population lived this happy event. Foreign families have more children than Swiss people.
Age The life expectancy in Switzerland is 75,3 years for men and 81,7 years for women. So women live longer than men.

Life expectancy has risen more among women than among men who tend to die earlier (before the age of 70), mainly due to accidents and violence, lung cancer and alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver. Life expectancy has shot up during this century, largely as a result of falling infant and child mortality. As the forecast of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office shows, the part of the population that is older than 65 years (that is actually the age of retire ) is growing. There may result a serious problem for our society.
Weddings & divorces
Last year there were almost 40'000 weddings - 5 ‰ of the population.. As the graphic shows - the number of married people is growing. even if there were 17'000 divorces in the same period ( about 40 % of the weddings ; 2,2 ‰ of the population)


Religions In Switzerland we have two base religions. They are catholic and protestant. There are no religious problems, except maybe some female-students from Islamic cultures who have problems with our culture (mixed schools, clothing).
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© gregory egli, julien manenti, thomas salletmeier s3a sekundarschule spreitenbach, switzerland