Monday, Oct. 25, 1999

Numbers

By Melissa August, Harriet Barovick, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Tam Gray, Jeffrey Kluger, Daniel Levy, Lina Lofaro, Desa Philadelphia and Chris Taylor

1,021 Number of days between JonBenet Ramsey's murder and the inconclusive end of the grand jury probe

1,114 Number of days between President Clinton's signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and its rejection by the Senate

21 Years that lead paint has been banned

66% Proportion of American houses that still have lead paint in them

890,000 Number of children ages one to five who have "elevated" levels of lead in their blood

1 Lead-paint lawsuit filed by states

68 Percentage of doctors nationwide who have not exercised in the past year

5 Number of times doctors are more likely than computer programmers to have fast food for lunch; 57% of doctors eat it three times a week or more

1 Position of doctors in a survey to determine which profession would most like to see marijuana legalized

Sources: AP, Washington Post, New York Times, AllHerb.com survey of 1,300 professionals