Numbers

By Ann Marie Bonardi, Val Castronovo, Daren Fonda, Benjamin Nugent, Michele Orecklin, Victoria Rainert, Julie Rawe, Eric Roston, Josh Tyrangiel

96 Average number of times people have sex each year, according to a survey of 18,000 people in 27 countries

132, 37 Annual "score" card for the Americans, who had sex most often, and for the Japanese, respectively

16,900 Estimated total population of eastern lowland gorillas in 1996, with nearly two-thirds living in Congo's Kahuzi-Biega National Park

47% Decrease in the gorilla population in one of the safer sections of the war-torn park, from 245 to 130 in four years

$17 million Average annual salary Carlos Delgado will receive in a four-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, as baseball's highest-paid player

$14.7 million Combined salaries of all the members of the Minnesota Twins

4 days Time it took Davo Karnicar, 38, to reach the top of Mount Everest

5 hours Time it took him to ski 11,515 ft. to base camp, becoming the first to complete the descent in one run

Sources: Durex Global Sex Survey; Wildlife Conservation Society; AP; www.everest.simobil.si.