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HEALTH CARE

62% Percentage of American voters who believe breast cancer is the most critical health problem facing women today

50% Percentage who feel presidential candidates are spending too little time talking about health care; only 40% are aware of their candidate's general health-care program

EDUCATION

1,466 Number of students with passing scores on advanced-placement tests in English, math and science in the 10 Dallas schools with a cash-for-grades program, up from 162 in 1990

$500 Amount paid to the students who pass advanced-placement tests

TOYS

50 Number of years since Lego building bricks first hit store shelves

7 Number of Lego sets sold every second by retailers worldwide

ON THE ROAD

$8 Cost of driving all 157 miles of the Indiana toll road for those paying cash, up from $4.64. With the federal gas tax unchanged since 1993 at 18.4¢ per gal., tolls on bridges, tunnels and highways will see significant

HIKES NATIONWIDE

50% Percentage increase in New Jersey tolls to come every four years, starting in 2010; depending on inflation, it could go even higher

Sources: KRC Research (2); USA Today; Christian Science Monitor; Gizmodo (2); USA Today (2)