Numbers: Jul. 17, 2000
34.3 million People worldwide living with HIV or AIDS
24.5 million People in sub-Saharan Africa living with HIV or AIDS
5,500 People in sub-Saharan Africa who die of AIDS each day
15.2 Percentage of low-birth-weight babies who graduated from high school by age 19
57.5 Percentage of their normal-birth-weight siblings who graduated from high school by age 19
66 Number of air-rage incidents reported by U.S. airline crews in 1997
534 Number of air-rage incidents reported by U.S. airline crews in 1999
21,757 Number of orders placed at AmericaChews.com for a bag of cookies with George W. Bush's face drawn in icing, as of last Friday
10,894 Number of orders placed for a bag of the site's Al Gore cookies
Sources: UNAIDS, Washington Post; New York Times; International Transport Workers' Federation; AmericaChews.com
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