Percentage decrease in police seizures of clandestine methedrine labs in Oklahoma in the eight months after the state became the first to impose restrictions on over-the-counter cold remedies containing pseudoephredrine:
78%
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 3/4/05

Average amount that a driver in Detroit pays for an annual auto insurance premium, compared to $949 in Raleigh, N.C., for the same car and driver:
$5,162
Source: Runzheimer International

Percentage decrease in out-of-state applications to the University of Colorado for 2005-06, which officials attribute to scandals and high out-of-state tuition rates:
19%
Source: Denver Post, 2/22/05

Percentage of a New York State dairy farmer?s income that went to property taxes in 2002, up from 12 percent in 1992:
35%
Source: Albany Times-Union, 2/18/05

Percentage of 2004 Nevada high school graduates who took at least one remedial course upon entering the state?s colleges and universities, up from 36.1% in 2001:
40.5%
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2/08/05

Percentage of the assets of the 30 largest public pension systems that were invested in stocks as of September 2004:
60%
Source: Pension and Investments magazine