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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

March 2008 topic - Statistics

Introduction
Statistics are available on an enormous variety of topics. Statistics are gathered because someone has determined a need or use for the information. Statistics are gathered on international, national, regional, state, and local levels. Because it takes time to collect, analyze, and tabulate data, statistics may be reported months or years after they have been collected.

The questions posed in the following scavenger hunts are representative of basic statistical questions covering health, business, economy, and labor statistics. Crime, vital statistics, population and demographic, and education are additional areas in which frequent statistical questions occur. Due to the time frame of this topic, only health, business, economy, and labor questions were included.

When trying to find statistical data, always keep in mind federal and state government resources. Governmental agencies collect, report, and use data to determine needs and services for communities.

Sources for the Statistics Scavenger Hunt

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov/

This unit of the United States Department of Labor is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics including Employment and Unemployment Data. Important programs and surveys include:

National Compensation Survey: The National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides detailed occupational earnings for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, broad geographic regions, and on a national basis.

Consumer Price Indexes: Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.

Producer Price Index: The Producer Price Index (PPI) program measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.

Energy Information Administration
http://www.eia.doe.gov/

This statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy collects and disseminates data on energy reserves, production, consumption, distribution, prices, technology, and related international, economic and financial matters. Coverage of EIA’s programs includes data on coal, petroleum, natural gas, electric and nuclear energy.

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/Default.htm

The Faststats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.

Statistical Abstract of the United States (Paper version--REF 317.3 S797)

2008 edition available online: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/index.html

(on 1/28/08 unable to access 2007 edition online via Census.gov)

The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations. HPL has the Statistical Abstract in paper dating back to 1907 in Government Documents.

Statistical Universe database

LexisNexis Statistical Universe enables easy access to statistics produced by the U.S. government, major international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities.

Other resources to explore when time permits:

Fedstats
http://www.fedstats.gov/

FedStats is the gateway to the United States statistical system, providing access to statistical information from more than 100 federal agencies.

Statistical resources on the web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

This site, compiled by the Documents Center of University of Michigan highlights numerous government statistical resources available through the web.

Questions

Part I: Answer 4 (four) questions. Please document the path you took to get the answer and the resource you used. We are more interested in your research methods!

  1. What was the average CPI (consumer price index) for 1958 for the United States? (bonus if you can find it for Austria in 1958 for 1982-1984=100 using Statistical Universe)
  2. Using the inflation calculator on the BLS website, see how much buying power $10 the year you were born or graduated from high school has today.
  3. From the May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, pick 3 occupations and list their mean annual salary.
  4. What is the 2006 annual PPI (producer price index) for vitamins? For paper?
  5. What was the price of regular gasoline the week of 12/24/07? The week of 9/10/01?
  6. What was the price of oil per barrel of Maya 22° (Mexico) and Nigeria Bonny Light 27° on 1/11/08?
  7. Using the CDC’s Fastfacts A to Z, pick a health topic and report its statistics. Please provide the year of the data and the link to the page in your answer.
  8. Can you find me a table showing the mean time spent with a physician? I am interested in the average time an ophthalmologist spends with a patient.
  9. Can you help me find some data that is less than five years old on pipeline incidents in Texas?
  10. Can you help me find a spot coal price for 1/25/08 for Illinois Basin coal?
  11. How many births were there in Texas last year? If you can’t find data for 2007, how old is the data that you can find?

Part II: Using Statistical Abstract of the Unites States: 2007 or 2008, please find the appropriate table for 3 (three) of the following questions. Please give table number and table name, not the answer. (REF 317.3 S797 or online: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/index.html )

  1. How many people in the US speak Tagalog at home?
  2. How many cornea grafts occurred in 2003?
  3. How many military reserve personnel were there in 2004?
  4. How many persons were on the federal food stamp program in Texas in 2005?
  5. How many US Post Offices were there in 2005?
  6. Compare the number of households with computers and internet access in Texas.
  7. What were the average premiums for renters and homeowners insurance for the US? For Texas?
  8. What percentage of the American adult population is considered to be obese? What about Denmark?
  9. How many books were sold in 2005?
  10. How many NCAA rowing teams were there in 2004-05?
To post your answers, just click on the "comment" link at the bottom of this message.


16 comments:

lreeves said...

Statistics #2 - after entering the URL (http://stat.bls.gov) and clicked on to Consumer Price Index and scrolled down to and clicked on the Inflation Calculator. I entered 10.00, and entered the year I was born and clicked on calculate.
#10 I used the website www.eia.doe.gov, clicke on coal, then looked on the left column under prices & choose spot prices. In the center of the table are the Illinois Basin Prices and I looked down the column and accross till I found the date 25-Jan-08.
#7 I used the url. www.cdc.gov. I then looked to the right and saw Ato Z and alphabet underneath it. The health topic I chose was autism - I wasn't finding the data I neeeded so I changed my subject and I hit the back arrow and clicked on data and statistics found just to the left of the A-Z index. Then I clicked on Faststats A-Z, Whooping Cough - more data published 2005, recording hospitalization data from 1994-2003, url-www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestatspertussis/pertussis.htm this supplied alot more information.

#11 I used the website www.census.gov/compendia/statab/index.html. From there I chose Births, Deaths, Marriges and divorces form the leeft side and narrowed the search to births. Then I chose #81 live births by state and island areas 2005. I didn't find a 2007 figure due to the slowness of the government system of reporting. The answer I found was for all races 2005, 385,963.

lreeves said...

Part 2 Statistical Abstract of United States
#1 How many people speak Tagalog at home - I clicked the people tab at the top, scrolled down to "population data by subject",clicked on language use, then clicked on "America Speaks". This table was a dead end so I tried E2000 language code list and again nothing. Next, I tried the search tab entered tagalog, scrolled down the results till I found "US language Spoken at Home 2000". Under Chinese there was a listing for Tagalog and the answer is 1,224241 people and .5% of the popualtion speak tagalog at home.

lreeves said...

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Question #3 How Many military reserve personnel were there in 2004? Answer - I clicked on to the National Security & Veterans Affairs tab. Then, I clicked onto Military Reserve Personnel 1990-2006 and the answeer was 1,166,937.

lreeves said...

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Question #9 How many books were sold in 2005? Answer - First, I clicked on to Arts, Recreation & Travel Tab. Then, I clicked on to the Consumer Expenditures tab. After that I clicked on to Personal Consumption Expenditures for Recreation 1990-2005 under Books and Maps. I could not find an actual number of books sold in 2005, but I did find a percentage, 42.2%.

Anonymous said...

Part II: Using Statistical Abstract of the Unites States: 2007 or 2008

1. How many people in the US speak Tagalog at home?
Ans. Table 52. Languages Spoken at Home by Language (I got the answer by going to the US Census website and typing in "tagalog" in the search engine. First link took me to the correct chart.)

2. How many US Post Offices were there in 2005?
Ans. Table 1094. Postal Service Summary – 1980 to 2006 (I found this answer by going to the US Census website and typing in "us postal offices" in the search engine. Several links pop up, with the correct one being the third link, which houses the correct chart.)

3. How many military reserve personnel were there in 2004?
Ans. Table 502. Military Reserve Personnel: 1990 to 2006 (I went to the US Census website, typed in "military" into the search engine. Several links popped up, with the third one housing a list of charts. The correct chart is on that list.)

4. How many cornea grafts occurred in 2003?
Ans. Table 162. Organ Transplants and Grafts: 1990 - 2006 (I went to the US Census website, typed "corea grafts" into the search engine. The first link is for organ transplants and grafts.)

Anonymous said...

Part I

1. Using the inflation calculator on the BLS website, see how much buying power $10 the year you were born or graduated from high school has today.
Ans. I went to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and clicked on Inflation Calculator under Inflation of Consumer Spending. $10.00 in 1981 has the same buying power as $23.22 today. $10.00 in 1999 has the same buying power as $12.67 today.

2. How many births were there in Texas last year? If you can’t find data for 2007, how old is the data that you can find?
Ans. I went to the US Census Statistical Abstract website and clicked on Birth, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces under the Browse Sections heading. I then went to chart 81 – Live Births by State and Island Areas. Texas had 385,963 births in 2005, the most current year on the chart.

3. Can you help me find a spot coal price for 1/25/08 for Illinois Basin coal?
Ans. I went to the Energy Information Administration and clicked on Coal under Energy Resources. Under U.S. Data and Prices, I clicked on spot prices, then I clicked on U.S. Monthly Coal Production. There, I found a chart titled Average Weekly Coal Commodity Spot Prices. It says that prices for the Illinois Basin was about $34.

4. What was the average CPI (consumer price index) for 1958 for the United States? (bonus if you can find it for Austria in 1958 for 1982-1984=100 using Statistical Universe).
Ans. I went to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website and clicked on Consumer Price Index. I scrolled down until I reached the link for the Consumer Price Index History Table. It took me to a chart that showed that the CPI in 1958 was 28.9.
Bonus: I went to the library website, clicked on Research, then clicked on the link to list all the databases hosted by the library. Once I found the Statistical Universe link, it took me to LexisNexis. I clicked on the Search Tables Research Edition link, then typed in "consumer price index AND Austria" – I received about 52 results, and I scrolled down to table number four (Consumer Price Indexes, Sixteen Countries, 1950-2005 [Annual Indexes] [Part 01: United States-Germany] , Issued By: Bureau of Labor Statistics , Publication Date: June, 2006). Austria's CPI in 1985 was 31.6.

Unknown said...

Part I:

1. What was the average CPI for 1958 for the US (bonus for Austria)?

I went to the BLS website, clicked on Consumer Price Index, clicked on the link called "Table Containing History of CPI-U U.S..." which took me a table with the information. The average CPI for the US in 1958 was 28.9.

To find Austria's CPI for 1958, I went to Statistical Universe, clicked on Search Tables Research Edition, entered the keywords "Consumer Price Index" and checked the boxes for international, geographic by foreign countries and annual frequency of data. A list of tables came up, including one that included the data for Austria (31.6 in 1958)

2. Using the inflation calendar on the BLS website, see how much buying power $10 the year you were born has today.

I went to the BLS website, clicked on inflation calendar, entered in $10, chose 1980 and 2008 from the drop down menus and got $26.59 as my result.

4. What is the 2006 annual PPI for vitamins and paper?

I went to the BLS website, clicked on Producer Price Indexes, clicked on Get Detailed PPI Statistics, clicked on Commodity Data, and selected vitamins and paper. This resulted in a table which stated the annual PPI for 2006 for vitamins was 103.3 and for paper 167.4.

5. What was the price of regular gasoline the week of 12/24/07 and 9/10/01?

I went to the energy information administration website, clicked on the button for petroleum, chicked on Weekly Retail Gas and Diesel Prices, and clicked on the link for regular for 1990-2008. Gas was 181.5 the week of 12/24/07 and 152.7 the week of 9/10/01.

Part II:

1. How many people in the US speak Tagalog at home?

I clicked on the "population" option on the Statistical Abstracts of the US website and then chose Ancestry, Language Spoken at Home. The answer is in Table 52: Languages Spoken at Home by Languages 2005.

4. How many persons were on the federal food stamp program in Texas in 2005?

I clicked on the "social insurance and human services" option on the Statistical Abstracts of the US website and chose Food Programs. The answer is in Table 552: Federal Food Stamp Program by State 1995 to 2008.

7. What were the average premiums for renters and homeowners insurance for the US? For Texas?

I clicked on the "banking, insurance and finance" option on the Statistical Abstracts of the US website and chose Insurance. The Texas answer is in Table 1197: Renters and Homeowners Insurance - Average Premiums by State 2000 to 2004. I didn't find a table that gives the annual average for the country, but if you average the annual numbers for each state from the other table, you will get the answer... I think.

Unknown said...

Part I

1. What was the average CPI (consumer price index)for 1958 for the United States?

From the screen of stats.bls.gov,under the heading of Inflation and Consumer Spending, I clicked on Consumer Price Index. Next screen I scrolled down the page and under the heading of Consumer Price Index History Table, I clicked on Table containing History of CPI-U U.S. Indexes and Annual Precent Changes From 1913 to Present. Next screen I scrolled down until I found the year 1958, far right column I found that the annual CPI average for 1958 was 28.9.

3. From the May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, pick 3 occupations and list their mean annual salary.

Perusing the stats.bls.gov screen, I didn't see anything that would led me to my answer, so I clicked on the A-Z Index at the top right hand corner of the homepage. Next screen, I first clicked on the letter, "N" for National Occupational... no match, but looking at the next letter, "O" I saw, Occupational Employment and Wages. I clicked on this, Next screen I scroll down and found, "About May 2006 National, State, Metropolitan, and Non-Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates." I clicked and on the next screen I saw various occupational groups. I chose the group, Education, Training, and Library Occupations, and from there I found a list of occupations along with their mean annual salary. Archivists $44,400, History Teachers, Postsecondary $63,200, and Instructional Coordinators $55,570.

5. What was the price of regular gasoline the week of 12/24/07? The week of 9/10/01?

On the homepage of the Energy Information Administration, and to the right of the screen, under the heading of, "Latest Data," I clicked on "Retail Gasoline Price." Next screen at the top was U.S. over to the last column, I clicked on View History 1990-2008. Next screen I scrolled down to 2007-Dec., looked across the column, found the date, 12/24/07, cost of regular gasoline, 298.0 cents per gallon or $2.98. On the date, 9/10/01, the price of regular gasoline was, 152.7 cents per gallon or $1.527.

7. Using the CDC's FastFacts (FastStats)A to Z, pick a health topic and report its statistics. Please provide the year of the data and the link to the page in your answer.

Since we subscribe to the CDC database, found under the subject heading of Government, I went this route to access the site.
On the top right hand side on the CDC homepage, I saw the A-Z index. I clicked on the letter "F," next screen I scrolled down until I saw "FastStats A-Z," clicked and voila, FastStats A-Z. From a list of subjects, I chose, Immunization, % of children 19-35 months old receiving vaccinations for: Chickenpox (1+ varicella doses): 88%. Source: Health, United States, 2006 (Data for year 2005). ww.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus06.pdf#081

Unknown said...

Part II: I used the paper version of the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007 126th Edition

1. How many people in the US speak Tagalog at home?
Table #51 Languages Spoken at Home by Language: 2004

4. How many persons were on the federal food stamp program in Texas in 2005?
Table #557 Federal Food Stamp Program by State 2000 to 2005.

10. How many NCAA rowing teams were there in 2004-05?
Table #1234 Participation in NCAA Sports: 2004 to 2005

Unknown said...

Part 1

#2 www.stats.bls.gov
under Inflation & Comsumer Spending
chose Inflation Calculator
$10.00 in 1949 is now $88.69

3. www.stats.bls.gov
select advanced search
key in "May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates"
select librarians
mean annual wage is $50,860
select sewing machine operators
mean annual wage is $19,860
select law clerks
mean annual wage is $39,210

4. www.stats.bls.gov
under Inflation and Consumer Spending chose Producer Price Indexes
chose Get Detailed PPI Statistics
select Commodity Data
select Paper - WPU0913
hit Retrieve Data
167.4 annual
select Vitamins - WPU063807
hit Retrieve Data
103.3

5. www.eia.doe.gov
search "historic gasoline prices"
select US Retail Gasoline Historical Prices
select Regular
select Data1 Regular conventional
9/10/01 $1.511
12/24/07 $2.943

Unknown said...

Part 2

1. www.census.gov/compendia/statab/index.html
on the left, chose Population, then Ancestry. Language Spoken at Home
table 52 Languages spoken at home by language 2005
chose pdf

3. www.census.gov/compendia/statab/index.html
on the left, chose National Security and Veterans Affairs, then Military Personnel & Expenditures
table502 - Military Reserve Personnel: 1990 to 2006 chose pdf

7. www.census.gov/compendia/statab/index.html
on the left, chose Banking, Finance, and Insurance, then Insurance
1197 - Renters and Homeowners Insurance--Average Premiums by State: 2004 chose excel prices are from 2000 to 2004

Miss Leona said...

EStar Topic- Statistics

Part 1-
Question 2- Using the inflation calculator on the BLS website, see how much buying power $10 the year you were born … has today.
Answer- After getting on http://stats.bls.gov, I clicked the calculator. I put in 1958 and got the amount, which unfortunately is $73.25.
Question 3- From the May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, pick 3 occupations and list their mean annual salary.
Answer- Going to the same website as above, I used the A-Z index, trying O and found “Occupational Emploment and Wages”. From there I scrolled down to “About May 2006 National, State, Metropolitan, and Non-Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimate” and clicked. Then I went to May 2006 Nationals Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates”. Under “Major Occupational Groups”, I chose
1. Art, Drama and Music Teachers- postsecondary mean annual salary $ 58,250
2. Preschool Teachers, except Special Ed. “ “ “ $ 25,900
3. Elementary School Teachers, except Special Ed. “ “ “ $ 48,700
Question 7- Using the CDC’s Fastfacts A to Z, pick a health topic and report its statistics. Answer- On www.cdc.gov (National Center for Health Statistics) I clicked on ADHD. Here are the statistics from the page http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/adhd.htm .
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)*
(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)
Morbidity
Number of children 3-17 years of age ever diagnosed with ADHD: 4.7 million
Percent of children 3-17 years of age ever diagnosed with ADHD: 7.4
Percent of boys 3-17 years of age ever diagnosed with ADHD: 9.5
Percent of girls 3-17 years of age ever diagnosed with ADHD 5.9
Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2006, Appendix III, Table VI
Health Care Use
Ambulatory Care
Annual number of ambulatory care visits for Attention Deficit Disorder per year: 5.4 million (2001-2002)
Source: Ambulatory Care Visits to Physician Offices, Hospital Outpatient Departments, and Emergency Departments: United States, 2001-2002, Table 6



Question 11- How many births were there in Texas last year? If you can’t find data for 2007, how old is the data that you can find?
Answer- I first went to www.census.gov , clicking on State and Country Quickfacts but this did not have the information. Finally I searched under “births” and was sent to www.cdc.gov/nchs . I clicked on “births” on the left side and then “birth data” under the heading of “more data”. Down a little bit I clicked on “Tabulated State Data”, which gave me a chart with all the states for 2004. (I did not see 2007.) The number of births in Texas is 381,293.

Part II- Using Statistical Abstract of the United States
Question 2- How many cornea grafts occurred in 2003? Starting at www.census.gov/compendia/statab , I clicked on Health & Nutrition under Browse Sections. Under Health Care Utilization, I found Table 162 “Organ Transplants and Grafts: 1990 to 2006” which gave me the number (though the dates were 2000 and 2004, no 2003)
Question 4- How many persons were on the federal food stamp program in Texas in 2005? Starting at the same website, I clicked on “Guide to Sources” and then searched under “Federal Food Stamps”. From there I found Table A-80. States- “Social Security, Food Stamps, and School Lunch Programs”, which has the participants for each state in the federal food stamp programs for 2004 & 2000. (I could not find for 2005.)
Question 9- How many books were sold in 2005? After a lot of searching, I found under Information and Communication the heading “Publishing Industries”. Under this was Table 1106 “Quantity of Books Sold and Value of Consumer Domestic Expenditures: 2006-2010” which has the books sold for 2006. I also found the Table 1107- Book Publishers- Estimated Revenue and Inventories: 2004 and 2005”, which had total revenue that was books for 2005 but not number of books.

Unknown said...

Commenting on Lenore's answer to Part 2, #7 - average premiums for renters and homeowners insurance for Texas and the US.

The answer is in TABLE 1197 - Renters and Homeowners Insurance--Average Premiums by State: 2004 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 467k]

This is where we both ended up. However, they give you both an excel file and a pfd file to choose from. I made the mistake of thinking that this was merely two different mediums of presenting the same thing. Not so.

While they are both of table 1197, the pdf file gives you 2004 only, at the state level. The excel file gives you an expanded file, from 2000 - 2004, with the US amount included.

I guess we need always to look at all alternative presentations.

Kitty said...

Statistics Scavenger Hunt Questions
Part I: Answer 4 (four) questions. Please document the path you took to get the answer and the resource you used.

From the May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, pick 3 occupations and list their mean annual salary.
I went to http://stats.bls.gov/ under Wages, Earnings, & Benefits I clicked on Wages by area an Occupation then click For over 800 occupations then choose all occupations or the group you are interested in and the table has the information.

25-1082 Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary
3,830 (4)
(4)
$57,550 1.5 %
25-4021 Librarians
148,610 $23.59 $24.45 $50,860 0.4 %
25-4031 Library Technicians
113,940 $12.77 $13.42 $27,910 0.6 %
53-2012 Commercial Pilots
27,120 (4)
(4)
$66,720 2.2


Using the CDC’s Fastfacts A to Z, pick a health topic and report its statistics. Please provide the year of the data and the link to the page in your answer. I went to http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/Default.htm and there was an alphabetical listing of diseases. I then clicked on Alzheimer’s disease. The following information came up 2000 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/alzheimr.htm

Using the inflation calculator on the BLS website, see how much buying power $10 the year you were born or graduated from high school has today. I went to the BLS website and clicked on Inflation Calculator on the Upper left hand side then typed in the amount and the year and clicked Calculate and got $57.51 for 1969 and$18.58 in 1987

What is the 2006 annual PPI (producer price index) for vitamins? 106.6 For paper? 174.6 For January 08
I went to http://stats.bls.gov/ clicked on the producer price index then click get detailed PPI then click Commodity Data a list of commodities appeared click on the ones you are interested in and a chart appeared with the information.


Part II: Using Statistical Abstract of the Unites States: 2007 or 2008, please find the appropriate table for 3 (three) of the following questions.

What were the average premiums for renters and homeowners insurance for the US? For Texas?
Table 1197. Renters and Homeowners Insurance--Average Premiums by State: 2000 to 2004

What percentage of the American adult population is considered to be obese? What about Denmark?
Table 1308. Percentage of the Adult Population Considered to be Obese: 2003 and 2004

How many books were sold in 2005?
Table 1106. Quantity of Books Sold and Value of U.S. Domestic Consumer Expenditures: 2005 to 2010

julia said...

I. Found in Bureau of Labor Statistics

1. Click on Consumer Price Index, CPI All Urban Consumers, Select U.S. All items, 1982-84=100, Adjust year to 1958; alternate route – click on Table Containing History of CPI and scroll down to 1958.
A. 28.9

3. Click on Employment by Occupation; Click on Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2006:
Occupational Employment and Wages Summary; Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2006 http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.t01.htm
a. Chief Executive $144,600
b. Legislator 32,730
c. Public Relations Manager 92,250

4. Click on Producer Price Indexes; Commodity Data, choose vitamins and paper:
Vitamins 103.3; Paper 167.4

7. Found in CDC - Click on Arthritis : There were three sites for statistics, from years 2005, 2004, 1999.
Morbidity
Number of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed arthritis : 46.9 million
Percent of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed arthritis: 22
Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: United States, 2005, Tables 7, 8, Appendix III Table VII
Health care use
Home health care
Number of current patients with osteoarthritis and allied disorders: 118,700 (2000)
Percent of current patients with osteoarthritis and allied disorders: 3.1 (2000)
Source: National Home and Hospice Care Survey, Table 12 – February 2004
Nursing home care
Number of residents with osteoarthritis and allied disorders: 186,700
Percent of residents with osteoarthritis and allied disorders: 11
Source: The National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary, Table 27.

II. Statistical Abstract – Keyword searches easily led to these:
1. Table 52, Languages Spoken at Home by Language.

2. Table 162, Organ Transplants and Grafts, 1990 – 2006

3. 502, Military Reserve Personnel: 1990 to 2006.

jsherman said...

Part I. 3 occupations mean annual salary
1.
Sales managers-$102,730
Restuarant cooks $21,020
Travel agents $31,460

2. 2006 PPI for vitamins and paper
Vitamins-103.3, paper-167.4. I went to the Bureau of labor Statistics website, then to PPI link, then to commodity data table.

3. Price of regular gasoline on 12/24/07 $2.99, 9/10/01 $1.54. The pathway is as follows: Energy Information Administration website, Petroleum link, then Weekly gasoline prices.

4. Pipeline incidents in Texas less than five old. I went to the Energy Information Administration website, then clicked on energy security, which linked to U.S. pipeline incidents. I then clicked on region, pipeline incident and mileage reports,then to Directory of States, all pipeline systems.

Part II.

3. How many military reserve were there in 2004? Table 502, Miltary Reserve Personnel: 1990 to 2006.

5. How many post offices were there in 2005? Table 1094, U.S. Postal Service-Summary: 1980 to 2006.

9. How many books were sold in 2005? Table 1106, Quantity of books sold.