For The Record May 27, 2002

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$515 billion Amount of revised U.S. budget deficit for fiscal year 2001

$127 billion Amount of budget surplus announced last fall for the same period

3,320,935 Number of free meals served by the Salvation Army at the World Trade Center site since Sept. 11

1,399,659 Tons of debris removed from the site in the same period

0 Number of life-threatening injuries to workers at the site

27% Percentage of 10-year-olds in the U.S. who are overweight

3 U.S. ranking in list of countries with highest percentage of overweight 10-year-olds, behind Malta and Italy

35,689 Number who applied to take the New York City police exam next month, three times as many as last year

17,651 Number of those who signed up on the Internet, the first time such applications were taken

Sources: New York Post, New York Daily News, New York Times (2)