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Notable numbers: Michael Jordan, real wages and deaths in Syria


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75 The percentage more likely black motorists were than white motorists to be pulled over for traffic stops in Missouri last year

30+ The number of fewer years those in the black St. Louis suburb of Kinloch can expect to live than those in the mostly white suburb of Wildwood

$100 million What Michael Jordan made off of his sneaker brands in 2014

$94 million What he made during his entire 15-year NBA career

550 The number of people who have died in the past month in Douma, Syria

123 The number of those killed who were children

450 The number of civilians killed in East Ghouta, Syria, near Damascus in the past month

670 The least number of medical workers who have died during the war in Syria in 300 attacks on hospitals

700,000 The number of Americans on Social Security who are still paying on student loans

160,000 The number of those whose disability or retirement payments were garnished by the government last year because of education debt

$18.2 billion How much of the total $1.2 trillion in student debt hanging over the country belongs to those 65 or older

72 The percentage increase in net worker productivity in the United States between 1973 and 2014

8.7 The percentage increase in the real wages of the median worker over the same time period

This story was originally published September 18, 2015 at 3:44 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: Michael Jordan, real wages and deaths in Syria."

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