Numbers: May 22, 2006

2 million Number of infants worldwide who die each year within 24 hours of birth

0.5% Proportion of U.S. newborns who die in their first month, the second highest infant-mortality rate among industrialized nations, behind only Latvia

1 Number of votes the District of Columbia would have in Congress under a bipartisan bill proposed in the House of Representatives last week; the district currently has only a nonvoting House delegate

437 Seats in the House, an increase of two, if the proposed legislation is enacted; Utah would get the other new seat

27.2 Median age of U.S. Hispanics, nine years lower than the median for all Americans

45% Proportion of Americans younger than 5 who belong to a racial minority group, compared with 33% of the overall population

6 Number of mostly Muslim countries among the top 10 nations in which Google users are most likely to search for the word sex. Pakistan, Egypt and Iran lead the list

10 Number of Canadian, Australian and U.S. locales among the top 10 cities in which Google users are most likely to search for the word drugs

1.23¢ Cost to the U.S. Mint to manufacture a penny, a 27% jump from last year, attributed to skyrocketing metals, manufacturing and transportation costs

5.73¢ Cost of producing a nickel, up 19% from 2005

Sources: CNN (2); Washington Post (2); USA Today; Washington Post; Google Trends (2); USA Today (2)