• Number of GPs in Australia: 20,000; Percentage who are male: 70
• Number of Australians who receive disability support pensions: 602,400
• Number of coca-Cola drinks sold worldwide each day: 683 million
• Weight of a blue whale at birth: 3 tonnes
• Estimated age of Uluru (Ayers Rock): 650 million years
• Percentage of women who have faked an orgasm at least once: 92
• Percentage of men who suffer from impotence or premature ejaculation: 40
• Average full-time hours worked each week by men: 37.9; by women: 42.7
• The year Advance Australia Fair became the national anthem: 1984
• Number of Australians who die each year by committing suicide: 2700; percentage who are males: 80
• Percentage of Australian men who smoked in 1945: 72; in 2000: 27
• Percentage of Australian women who smoked in 1945: 26; in 2000: 23
• Percentage of Australians aged over 65 in 1976: 9; in 1996: 12; projected for 2016: 16

Source: Jon S. Croucher, Good Weekend, 9/9/00