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42: The percentage of women who have a first heart attack who die

24: The percentage of men who die

45: Where North Carolina ranks in the nation in teacher pay

617,000: The number of Americans who have died of AIDS

7,000: The number of people in the world who become infected with AIDS each day

$2.8 million: What John Edwards still had in his presidential campaign fund on April 1

16: The number of Fuquay-Varina High students who won't be allowed to walk at graduation Sunday after jumping a fence and defacing the school's courtyard

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