Numbers

HEALTH

7.6 million

Estimated number of people worldwide killed by cancer in 2007, according to the American Cancer Society

45%

Percentage of the estimated 12 million cancer cases worldwide diagnosed in 2007 that were in more affluent, developed nations

DATA THEFT

162 million

Number of personal-data records affected in security breaches reported by 302 organizations in 2007

19

Number of these security-breach cases in which arrests or prosecutions have been made

MUSIC

$212 million

Gross for more than 1.8 million tickets for the Police reunion-concert series, making it 2007's top-selling tour. Second and third place went to Genesis' Turn It On Again tour,...

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