Numbers

By Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Rachel Dry, Daren Fonda, Frank Gibney, Ellin Martens, Benjamin Nugent, Julie Rawe, Max Smith and Josh Tyrangiel

22 Sales rank last week on Amazon.com of Joseph Lieberman's book In Praise of Public Life

833,138 Rank of Dick Cheney's book Professional Military Education: An Asset for Peace and Progress

220 Citizens per 100,000 people who are incarcerated in Iran, according to official figures

727 Citizens per 100,000 who are incarcerated in the U.S., according to figures released last week

11 million Number of children in the U.S. without health insurance

7 million Number who are eligible for free or low-cost insurance but remain uninsured

126% Increase in the past year in the number of girls ages 12 to 17 who use the Internet

3% Decrease from 1998 to 1999 in births to girls ages 15 to 19, reducing the rate to its lowest level in 60 years Sources: Amazon.com Human Rights Watch; A.P.; Media Metrix; Jupiter Communications; National Center for Health Statistics