11.   But, though the percentage increases are impressive, the complaints are statistically small compared with the actual number of people flying, Transportation Department statistics show.

12.   Convicted sex offenders are more than nine times as likely to commit another sex offense than a person convicted for a nonsex offense, statistics show.

13.   Corrosion is one of the chief reasons for pipeline failure, especially in older lines, federal statistics show.

14.   Desert areas consistently produce almost negligible levels of particulate pollution, state statistics show.

15.   Either way, the number of deaths is the most in a decade, statistics show.

16.   For example, government statistics show hiring continues to outstrip firings.

17.   For that and many other reasons, efforts to prosecute dowry-related violence end with the vast majority of defendants acquitted, official statistics show.

18.   Force is rarely used in the hundreds of thousands of arrests LAPD officers make each year, department statistics show.

19.   For the first time in over a decade, single mothers are more likely than married mothers to be employed, new government statistics show.

20.   Government-sponsored enterprise debt, including guarantees on mortgage-backed securities, now exceeds the size of the Treasury market, government statistics show.