Numbers

65% Percentage of Baghdad residents polled who think an immediate pullout of U.S. troops would make Iraq more secure

40,000 Number of Iraqi families who fled their homes to escape sectarian violence and registered, as of August, with the Iraqi government as refugees. The number of registered refugee families was up from 27,000 the previous month

$225,000 Median price of a U.S. single-family home in August, down 1.7% from a year ago. It's the first annual drop since 1995

$1.8 million Average cost of a four-bedroom house in Beverly Hills, Calif., the nation's priciest residential market. In Minot, N.D., the least expensive market, a similar house would cost $132,333

110 million Number of visits Americans made to emergency rooms in 2004, up 18% from 1994

12% Decline since 1994 in the number of hospitals with a 24-hr. emergency department

$16,000 Amount of 3-year-old Jack Neal's successful eBay bid for a Barbie-pink Nissan

14 Years that Neal, a Londoner, would have to wait to drive the car legally in Britain. The seller agreed to cancel the purchase

Sources: U.S. State Department; Reuters; National Association of Realtors; Coldwell Banker; Congressional Quarterly; CDC; AP (2)