By the Numbers

1,297

Number of community health centers created or expanded in medically underserved areas with federal financing under the Bush Administration

Percent of the country’s medically underserved areas that lack a health center site

Trillion dollars, the amount China has invested in American government bonds and government-backed mortgage debt in the last decade

133

Prosecutions for securities fraud brought by the Justice Department in 2008

437

Number of such prosecutions in 2000

Percent drop in emissions in countries of the former Soviet Union from 1990 – 2006 (emissions rose 7.4 percent since)

21 and 14

Percent increase in carbon emissions in Canada and the United States, respectively

Percent of people who say they get most of their national and international news from the Internet, up from 24 percent in 2007

Percent who say they get most of national and international news from newpapers

Sources: New York Times; New Scientist; Pewresearch.org