By the numbers


Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday, August 4, 2004

46.7
Percentage of U.S. adults who read a work of literature for pleasure in 2002, down from 54 percent 10 years earlier, reports the New York Times.

36C
The average bra size in the US. 6
Percentage of France's population that is Muslim, according to Time Magazine. 50
Percentage of France's prison population that is Muslim.

$86
Average cost of a Father's Day gift, according to the National Retail Association.

5.2 million
Audience for the premiere of UPN's reality show "Amish in the City," the second-highest-rated show of the night, reports the Washington Post.

80 million
Number of Americans who are partly or completely bald, says Newsweek. 63
Percentage of Americans that shower at least once a day. 60
Percentage of Americans that believe celebrities get special treatment from the legal system because they have a lot of money.

$1.5 billion
Average daily loan to the U.S. economy from foreign investors.