6/94Ratio of the number of job inquiries received last year by the Peace Corps to the number of positions available: 33:1

Peace Corps (Washington)

8/92Ratio of the number of homebuyers in Orange County, California, last year named Smith to those named Nguyen: 1:2

Dataquick Information Systems (La Jolla, Calif.)

8/99Ratio of U.S. students killed in or near schools since last August to those killed in the 1992 school year: 1:2

The National School Safety Center (Westlake Village, Calif.)

7/94Ratio of the number of Americans who cite physicians as their primary source of medical information to those citing TV: 1:2

National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Md.)

9/98Ratio of the average price of a gallon of gas last year to the average price of a gallon of milk: 1:2

Bureau of Labor Statistics (Washington)