Estimated number of billionaires worldwide
: 1,226Portion of service members who are under the age of 25
: 1/3Of those who commit suicide who are
: 1/2Chance an American child lives in a family headed by a single mother
: 1 in 4Portion of new U.S. jobs since 2009 that have gone to men
: 4/5Percentage by which sales of convertibles increase when the temperature is at least 20 degrees warmer than average
: 8.5Percentage of the continental United States that experienced drought conditions this summer
: 60Last year in which the number was that high
: 1954Portion of the 2012 U.S. corn crop in “poor” or “very poor” condition, according to the USDA
: 1/2Amount by which the average Canadian household is richer than the average American one
: $43,232Among military-age members of the general population
: 1 in 20Years it would take the average American household to spend a billion dollars
: 20,786Amount the debt-ceiling standoff cost the federal government in 2011
: $1,300,000,000Percentage increase since 1976 in the portion of Americans living at or below half the poverty line
: 100Number of registered Pennsylvanians who may be prevented from voting by a new voter-identification law
: 1,600,000Portion of Philadelphians the law may affect
: 2/5Number of documented instances of voter-impersonation fraud in Pennsylvania history
: 0Percentage of Americans who believe Obama would handle an extraterrestrial invasion better than Romney
: 65Date on which Harry Reid said Romney “couldn’t be confirmed as a dogcatcher” if he didn’t release more tax returns
: 7/12/2012Number of years of his own tax returns Reid has made public
: 0Of Americans who do
: 3/4Among Democrats
: +54Ratio of the value of Obama contributions to Romney contributions among education workers
: 6 to 1Among for-profit education workers
: 1 to 4Percentage of Americans who viewed college as a good financial investment in 2008
: 81Who do today
: 57Portion of college students who reported experiencing “phantom” cell phone vibrations in a July study
: 9/10Date on which Grum, a Russian spambot, was taken offline
: 7/18/2012Percentage of the world’s spam for which Grum was responsible at its peak
: 17Portion of Russians who believe that “most people can succeed if they are willing to work hard”
: 1/3Percentage change in Chief Justice John Roberts’s approval rating among Republicans since his 2005 confirmation
: -60Percentage change since 2007 in the portion of Spaniards who believe people are better off in a free market economy
: -30In the portion of Americans who do
: -4Percentage increase since 1990 in the share of U.S. men who say they “worry about their weight”
: 95Portion of adults worldwide who don’t meet World Health Organization standards for physical activity
: 1/3Estimated number of deaths caused by physical inactivity each year
: 5,300,000Percentage by which the Defense Department’s health care spending is projected to increase in the next two decades
: 81Estimated percentage of its current health care spending allocated for mental health
: 5Chance that a death among U.S. service members is a suicide
: 1 in 5