BBC Radio 4 - More or Less

A&E Waiting Times

Including NHS target data, bad luck and cancer, and statistics that are true and unfair.

Is 'bad luck' the cause of most cancers as reports of a new study suggest?

Tim Harford and guests look back at some of the weird and wonderful numbers of 2014.

Robert Peston, Helen Joyce and Dr Hannah Fry on their most memorable numbers from 2014

Goalkeepers, gold miners and happiness: We look at the most interesting numbers of 2014

What is so special about 39,222 Mexican teachers? Professor Carlos Vilalta tells us

Did almost 80% of boys born in the Soviet Union in 1923 not survive World War Two?

Following Zimbabwe’s budget last week, what do the numbers mean for the nation's future?

The truth behind the claim that 'one-third' of US girls become pregnant as teenagers

Wayne Rooney wins his 100th cap but is it easier to earn them than in previous eras?