Numbers: Mar. 1, 2004

80% Portion of patients at Baghdad's Central Teaching Hospital for Children who leave with infections they didn't have when they arrived

$551 million Amount spent on public health in Iraq last year, expected to jump to $1.7 billion this year

44% Portion of athletes at this year's Summer Olympics who will be women, up from 38% at the 2000 Games

3 Number of female athletes on Afghanistan's 10-member team

1 billion Number of birds killed by flying into glass windows in the U.S. each year

121 million Number of birds killed annually by U.S. hunters

1 Number of auditions William Hung...

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