Numbers

By Harriet Barovick, Tam Gray, Daniel Levy, Lina Lofaro, David Spitz, Joel Stein and Flora Tartakovsky

15 Number of people (14 students, one teacher) who died in Littleton, Colo., massacre

173 Number of violent deaths in U.S. schools between 1994 and 1998

50% Percentage of children ages 9 to 17 who are worried about dying young

31% Percentage of children ages 12 to 17 who know someone their age who carries a gun

22% Decrease in organizations granting $50,000 or more each year to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and research

$30 million U.S. philanthropic support for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and research, down from $37 million in 1996

33.4 million Number of people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS

15% Percentage of New Jersey's population that is black

27% Percentage of motorists stopped by New Jersey state police patrolling various regions of the state in 1997 and 1998 who were black

Sources: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Yankelovich Partners, Funders Concerned About AIDS, Statistical Abstract of the U.S., N.J. Dept. of Law & Public Policy