Numbers Up

3 Friday the Thirteenths in 1998

6 kilograms weight of the baby pigmy hippo born in Antwerp zoo

21 "still active" wars around the world, according to the National Defense Council Foundation

36 per cent of Britons who have made New Year resolutions

54 per cent of new year resolutions expected not to last a fortnight

56 pounds that two pints of lager and a packet of crisps will cost in 30 years' time, according to Yorkshire Bank

642 official engagements carried out by Princess Anne in 1997

1,056 deaths on passenger flights in 1997

2,913 people known to have been killed in earthquakes in 1997

1.24bn pounds withdrawn from Barclays cash dispensers in the pre-Christmas period