Numbers: Sep. 17, 2007

PRODUCTIVITY

$63,885

Amount the average U.S. worker contributes to the nation's GDP, according to a new International Labor Organization report, making Americans the world's most productive employees

1,804

Average number of hours worked by the typical U.S. employee in 2006, compared with 1,407 in Norway and 1,564 in France

SPORTS

33

Number of Division I-A universities with live mascots, including rams, longhorns, bobcats and broncos

$3 million

Cost of the 15,000-sq.-ft. (1,400 sq m) home of Louisiana State University's Mike the Tiger. It's $35,000 a year to care for a pair of lion siblings at the University of North Alabama at Florence. At both schools, donors cover the costs

UNINSURED

$15 million

Amount the American Cancer Society will devote to advertising that highlights the health risks of inadequate health-care coverage in 2007. In the past the group has focused on narrower cancer-related issues like colorectal screening and smoking

47 million

Number of Americans without health insurance, up from 44.8 million last year, according to new census figures

iTUNES

30%

Percentage of Apple's iTunes video downloads originally from NBC. The network, the site's No. 1 supplier of digital video, will not renew its contract because of pricing disagreements

$4.99

Proposed price from NBC for an iTunes show download, more than double the present cost

Sources: CNN (2); USA Today (2); New York Times; U.S. Census Bureau; Apple (2)