Numbers

By Melissa August, Harriet Barovick, Elizabeth L. Bland, David Robinson and Rebecca Winters

19 million Pounds of beef recalled last week because of potential E. coli contamination, the second largest such recall in U.S. history

61 Number of deaths a year in the U.S. blamed on E. coli

80% Estimated growth in the Securities and Exchange Commission's workload from 1991 to 2000

20% Growth in the SEC's budget from 1991 to 2000

9 Number of weeks in a row the Dow Jones average has dropped, as of last week, a 22.5% loss for that period

33.7% Amount the Dow rose a year after a nine-week, 22.3% loss ending in June 1962

28.5 Millions of people who watch C-SPAN weekly

90 Percentage of C-SPAN viewers who voted in the 2000 presidential election

Sources: AP, Centers for Disease Control, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post