DEPARTMENT
January 1, 2006 12:00 AM EST
$439.5 billion Estimated U.S. retail sales during the 2005 holiday season, up 6% from last year
$1 billion Estimated revenue New York retailers lost in the three-day transit strike
216,000 Number of veterans who received benefit payments for post–traumatic stress disorder in 2004, at a cost of $4.3 billion, up 150% since 1999
61% Percentage of U.S. adult males in a mental-health survey who said they’ve had at least one traumatic event in their lifetime
67 Average number of children between the ages of 7 and 15 who visit British emergency rooms each weekend with broken bones
55% Percentage the average dropped on weekends after the two most recent Harry Potter books were released
$40.4 billion Estimated cost to insurance companies of Hurricane Katrina claims
$13 billion Amount insurers have paid out in Mississippi and Louisiana so far
Sources: National Retail Federation; New York City Mayor’s Office; Washington Post; National Comorbidity Study; British Medical Journal (2); Bloomberg; Jackson, Miss., Clarion-Ledger and Louisiana department of insurance
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