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)
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