World Cancer Day on 4 February 2012: 37 000 newly diagnosed cancer cases and 20 000 deaths caused by cancer every year

According to the latest preliminary data, the calendar year 2011 closed with a rise in overnights by 0.8% to 125.98 million, the second best result within the last 16 years (1993: 127.04 million overnights). The overnight stays of resident visitors increased by 0.7% and reached 35.28 million, whereas the overnight stays of non-resident visitors increased by 0.9% and reached 90.69 million.

This brochure gives an insight into the living conditions of the people in our country. Findings and statistics from economy and society are presented in text, table, and chart form by Statistics Austria and provide information on a wide variety of subjects: The booklet has information on population, education, employment and the job market, the economy, science and technology, tourism, environment, and other topics. A separate section offers characteristics of the nine Austrian Länder. You can retrieve or order the booklet at our information service free of charge (forwarding charges to be paid by the person ordering).

In 2011, the average annual inflation rate of the Consumer prices was 3.3% (1.9% in 2010 and 0.5% in 2009). Hence, it even exceeded the value of 2008 (3.2%). The all item index (2010=100) amounted to 103.3 in the year 2011. During the whole year the price rise was dominated by mineral oil products and by increasing food prices.