Numbers

HEALTH

7.6 million

Estimated number of people worldwide killed by cancer in 2007, according to the American Cancer Society

45%

Percentage of the estimated 12 million cancer cases worldwide diagnosed in 2007 that were in more affluent, developed nations

DATA THEFT

162 million

Number of personal-data records affected in security breaches reported by 302 organizations in 2007

19

Number of these security-breach cases in which arrests or prosecutions have been made

MUSIC

$212 million

Gross for more than 1.8 million tickets for the Police reunion-concert series, making it 2007's top-selling tour. Second and third place went to Genesis' Turn It On Again tour, at $129 million, and Justin Timberlake's FutureSex LoveShow, at $126.8 million

$2.6 billion

North American gross concert dollars in 2007, down 10.2% from a record-setting 2006. With 51 million concertgoers, attendance fell 19.2% from the previous year

INTERNET USE

47%

Percentage of adult Internet users in the U.S. who said in a new survey that they had used Google or a similar search engine to look for information about themselves

22%

Percentage of Internet users surveyed in 2002 who had searched online for their name

Sources: U.S. News & World Report (2); USA Today (2); Billboard (2); Pew Internet and American Life Project (2)