Notable numbers: Homeless students, drugs prices and gun deaths

1.4 million The number of Americans who died in all wars fought since 1776

1.4 million The number of Americans who have died via household guns since 1968

400,000 The number of Americans who died fighting in World War II.

400,000 The number of Americans who have died by household firearms since 2001

3,400 The number of Americans who have died by terrorism since 2001

3,400 The number of Americans who die by household firearms over the average five weeks now

1.3 million The number of homeless students in the U.S.

24,492 The number in North Carolina

2,736 The number in Wake County, a 23 percent increase since 2009

40 The percentage of all sweet potatoes grown in the United States that are grown in North Carolina

$1,687 The cost for a tube of Targretin gel in 2009; the drug is a topical treatment for cutaneous T cell lymphoma

$30,320 The cost for the same drug this year; Valeant Pharmaceuticals acquired the company that makes it in 2013

$30 The increase in annual taxes that North Carolinians in the bottom 20 percent of wage-earners are paying over what they paid before tax changes in 2013 and 2015

$6 The decrease in taxes that North Carolinians in the middle 20 percent of wage-earners are paying since 2013

$14,977 The decrease in taxes that North Carolinians in the top 1 percent are paying now over 2013

This story was originally published December 4, 2015 at 4:47 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: Homeless students, drugs prices and gun deaths."