By the Numbers

1.62

Debt to income ratio in Britain, highest ratio in the developed world (the U.S. is second at 1.42)

14

Million American homeowners who economists predict will soon owe more on their home than the home is worth

4

Number of contested races for the Door County Board of Supervisors April 1, out of 21

1

Number of women on the Door County Board of Supervisors

2

Number who ran April 1. Nancy Bemman ran against Kari Anderson in District 17

190

Sticks of gum the average American chews each year

1

Mile per gallon better fuel efficiency a tractor-trailer gets by slowing from 75 mpg to 65 mpg. Such trucks use about a gallon of diesel an hour just idling

10

Rank of health care among the top newspaper stories covered in 2007 (the Presidential campaign was first)

75

Percentage of vehicle passengers who regularly use seatbelts in Wisconsin

1,800

Number of children under 15 killed each year in motor vehicle accidents in the United States

21,453

Number of Wisconsin traffic accidents that occurred on Fridays in 2007, the most accident-plagued day. The fewest occurred on Sunday (14,721)

Sources: New York Times; treehugger.com; irs.gov; Wisconsin Department of Transportation