Numbers: Jul. 17, 2000

34.3 million People worldwide living with HIV or AIDS

24.5 million People in sub-Saharan Africa living with HIV or AIDS

5,500 People in sub-Saharan Africa who die of AIDS each day

15.2 Percentage of low-birth-weight babies who graduated from high school by age 19

57.5 Percentage of their normal-birth-weight siblings who graduated from high school by age 19

66 Number of air-rage incidents reported by U.S. airline crews in 1997

534 Number of air-rage incidents reported by U.S. airline crews in 1999

21,757 Number of orders placed at AmericaChews.com for a bag of cookies with George W. Bush's face...

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