Notable numbers: Triangle home prices, infant mortality and obesity
43 The percentage of N.C. teachers who said in 2015 that state tests accurately assess students’ understanding
44.5 The percentage who said that in 2014
1 Where principals and other school leaders ranked in the most important factor teachers consider in weighing whether to keep teaching at their current school
65 The percentage of teachers who said in 2015 an effort had been made to minimize the amount of routine paperwork they have to do
57 The percentage who said that in 2014
$108 million What the sickest 5 percent of Blue Cross of North Carolina’s Affordable Care Act population paid in premiums last year
$1.29 billion What the insurer paid in claims for them
23,000 The number of infants who died in their first year of life in the United States in 2014, or about 6 for every 1,000 born
25 The number of other industrialized nations that do better than the United States at keeping babies alive
70 The percentage higher the rate of death is for the children of unmarried mothers than that of married mothers
$75.3 billion Anticipated digital advertising revenues in 2017, surpassing television broadcasters for the first time
$70.4 billon The anticipated advertising revenues for television broadcasters
5 The percentage increase in home prices in the Raleigh market in April over April 2015
6.2 The percentage increase nationwide over the same period
8.4 The percentage increase in home prices in Raleigh in the first quarter of 2016 compared with the same period last year
5.3 The percentage increase in Durham-Chapel Hill over the same period
$277,400 The average overall sales prices of the homes sold in the Triangle in April 2016
40 The percentage of American women who are obese, measured as a BMI over 30, the first time the number has reached 4 in 10
35 The percentage of men who are obese
15 The percentage of women worldwide who are obese
11 The percentage of men who are
57 The percentage of American black women who are obese
47 The percentage of Hispanic women who are
38 The percentage of white women
12 The percentage of Asian women
75 The percentage of America’s teachers who are women
83 The percentage of teachers who are white
2 The percentage of teachers who are black men
41 The percentage of New York City public-school system students who are Latino
27 The percentage who are black
16 The percentage who are Asian
15 The percentage who are white
75 The percentage who are low-income
50 The percentage of the white students who go to 11 percent of the schools
This story was originally published June 10, 2016 at 4:33 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: Triangle home prices, infant mortality and obesity."