Notable numbers

16,000 The number of Americans who die every year from prescription opioid overdoses

259 million The number of opioid prescriptions written in 2012, enough for every American adult to have his or her own bottle of pills

$56 billion What opioid abuse costs the U.S. economy yearly

1 Where Wilmington ranks in the United States in the rate of opioid abuse

5 Where Hickory ranks

12 Where Jacksonville ranks

18 Where Fayetteville ranks

20 The number of times Bernie Sanders appeared on a Sunday television news show in the first quarter of 2016 to discuss economic issues

8 The number of times Donald Trump appeared on a show to discuss economic issues

7 The number of times Hillary Clinton appeared

7 The number of times John Kasich appeared

6 The number of times Ted Cruz appeared

451,000 The number of centenarians in 2015

72,000 The number of those who were living in the United States

4.8 The number of centenarians per 10,000 in Japan in 2015, the highest rate in the world

2.2 The U.S. rate in 2015

3,676,000 The projected number of centenarians in 2050

76 The percentage of college students who reported in 2000 having zero or one sex partner in the previous 12 months

74 The percentage who reported that in 2010

74 The percentage who reported that in 2015

7 The percentage who reported having four or more partners in 2000

9 The percentage who reported that in 2010

11 The percentage who reported that in 2015

20 The percentage of the least financially secure Americans who were “likely voters” in 2014

70 The percentage of financially secure Americans who were likely voters

31 Where the United States ranks out of 34 developed nations in voter turnout

13 The percentage that the average teacher salary in North Carolina has dropped since 1999, when adjusted for inflation

1.8 The percentage the U.S. average teacher salary has dropped in the same period

13 The percentage of Americans who have consistently liberal views

10 The percentage who have consistently conservative views

11 The percentage of Americans who had consistently liberal views in 2004

3 The percentage who had consistently conservative views in 2004

54 The percentage of Americans with postgraduate experience who hold consistently or mostly liberal views

24 The percentage of those Americans who hold consistently or mostly conservative views

26 The percentage of Americans who have only a high school degree who are consistently or mostly liberal

26 The percentage of those Americans who hold consistently or mostly conservative views

This story was originally published April 29, 2016 at 3:25 PM with the headline "Notable numbers."