Turkey Stats

Happy Thanksgiving Canada. Unlike my other charts, there is no drastic change. We are consistently eating around 8 pounds of Turkey per capita every year since 1974 whereas our friends south of the border are consuming 16 pounds of Turkey. According to TFC (Turkey Farmers of Canada), these are our supply and consumption figures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual:

• Canadians consumed 147.7 million kg (Mkg) of turkey in the year 2013.
• Per Capita turkey consumption in 2013 was 4.2 kg.
• An estimated 69.7 Mkg of turkey and turkey products were purchased at retail by Canadians in 2013.
• Of that 69.7 Mkg, 52.2 Mkg of whole turkeys were purchased.
• In 2013, Canadian households consumed a total of 8.4 million whole turkeys.
• Annual sales of turkey parts and processed turkey products in Canadian supermarkets increased from 8.8 Mkg in 1993, to 17.4 Mkg in 2013.

Thanksgiving:

• At Thanksgiving 2013, 2.9 million whole turkeys were purchased by Canadians, equal to 34% of all whole turkeys that were sold over the year.
• 36% of all Canadian households (4.9 million) purchased turkey and turkey products for Thanksgiving 2013.

Christmas:

• At Christmas 2013, 4.0 million whole turkeys were purchased by Canadians, equal to 48 % of all whole turkeys that were sold over the year.
• 41% of Canadian households (5.6 million) purchased turkey and turkey products for Christmas 2013.

Ebola Effect

What happens if we don't stop the Ebola virus by next year? According to the World Health Organization, the virus has caused more than 4000 deaths with around 8000 infected so far. The current outbreak has been increasing exponentially since March 2014. If we don't prevent this virus from growing at the current pace, more than 20 million people will be infected and more than 10 million will die in one year.

 

The following is the data from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Republic of Liberia from March 22nd to October 5th, 2014.

 

 

Baby Boom versus Baby Bust

Living longer sounds good to me. At least, that's where we are heading. right? Comes at a cost though. Here are few:

1. Pressure on health care cost.
2. Increasing household debt.
3. A lower standard of living.
4. A higher rate of old age dependency.

So, which one will be hurting the economy more: baby boomers or baby busters?