There were also significant increases in numbers of pupils recruited from Russia (up 7% to 335) and Spain (up 9.8% to 313).
Now scientists are connecting the dots with evidence of increasing abnormalities among humans, particularly large increases in numbers of genital deformities among newborn boys.
While many countries are seeing visitor numbers fall as the recession continues to bite, the Middle East is bucking the trend, with big increases in numbers of tourists, alongside major investment in new hotels, attractions and tours.
There was an increases in numbers of procedures for several species as you can see in this chart: This data shows that over 72,000 more fish were used in procedures last year and over 20,000 more birds.
Some populations undergo unpredictable and dramatic increases in numbers, sometimes temporarily increasing by 10 or 100 times over a few years, only to follow with a similarly rapid crash.
If anthrax was released into a ventilation system in a school, for example, Dr. Mandl and his staff would look for increases in numbers of children showing up at hospitals with flulike symptoms over the course of each day, in addition to clusters of children coming in who lived near one another.
Even Conservatives admit that initiatives like those wheeled out by Mr Cameron will only have a marginal impact on the headline figures, which show upward pressure in almost every category of migration, with increases in numbers coming to work, to join their families, to study and to seek asylum.
Efforts to improve highway safety have been successful in most countries, but a reduction in the ratio of fatalities and injuries per distance traveled is often offset by increases in numbers of accidents because of the ever-growing use of motor vehicles.
