Numbers

$206,000 Median sale price of existing U.S. homes in April, up 15% from the same month in 2004

1% Percentage of U.S. homes worth at least $1 million in 2003, double the proportion of such homes in 2000

198 Number of convicted sex offenders in New York State who have been reimbursed by Medicaid for Viagra since 2001, similar to numbers in Texas and Florida

$93.99 Cost--to the uninsured--of 10 100-mg tablets of Viagra on drugstore.com

7.2% Increase in the amount of state taxes collected in 2004, compared with 2003--the biggest increase since 2000, prompting states to consider tax cuts and spending hikes

23% Decrease in state borrowing in the first four months of this year, compared with the same period last year

$800,000 Estimated amount of taxes collected from prostitution in Antwerp, Belgium, since the practice was legalized in one district in 2001

44% Decrease in crime related to prostitution--including drugs, rape and murder--in that district since 2001

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; New York Times; USA Today; drugstore.com USA Today (2); Wall Street Journal (2)