False warnings of a nuclear attack on the United States in the past five years: 2

Astrologers in the United States: 10,000

Astronomers: 2,500

Acts of terrorism in the United States in 1983: 30

Movie theaters in the United States: 16,901

In the Soviet Union: 144,100

Number of heads of government in the United States since 1964: 5

In the Soviet Union: 4

In Switzerland: 20

Robot population of the United States: 8,000

Of Japan: 16,500

Coffin manufacturers in the United States today: 400

Fifteen years ago: 600

Average number of days business and government take to pay a bill in Nigeria: 96

In Japan: 7

In the United States: 20

Total man-hours spent mowing lawns in the United States each year: 2,254,000,000

Number of Sunday newspapers in the United States in 1946: 497

In 1983: 772

Number of science books published in the United States in 1972: 16,923

In 1982: 7,900

Ratio of physicians to inhabitants in the Soviet Union: 1:270

Ratio of physicians to inhabitants in the United States: 1:520

Ratio of prison inmates to inhabitants in the United States: 1:520

Dollars spent on health care in the United States in 1983: $354,600,000,000

Percentage of that amount paid by the government: 43

Number of abortions per every 100 live births in the United States: 42.6

In Japan: 155

Bald eagle population of the continental United States in 1979: 9,815

In 1982: 13,825

Amount of pizza consumed each day in the United States (in acres): 75