Mitchell’s 10 positive trends

Lindsay Mitchell blogs on 10 positive trends in NZ:

1. A 20% drop in assaults on Police (due to tasers)
2. A 35% drop in Sudden Infant Deaths
3. A 17% drop in recorded crime
4. A 25% drop in the smoking rate
5. A drop in the teenage birth rate since 2008
6. A drop in the abortion rate for last five years
7. A 60 year low road toll
8. A long-term drop in the child mortality rate
9. A 23% drop in the Maori male suicide rate
10. A 10% drop in the rheumatic rate among children

I could add on stuff such as a huge drop in the number of 13 to 18 year olds who drink alcohol.