31.   Among the men found to have cancer, he reported, five-year survival was three times better than the national average.

32.   Among students who speak English as their first language, Californians outscored the national average in math and in the verbal section, Eastin said.

33.   And composite scores for fluent English speakers topped the national average in all elementary and middle school grades.

34.   And in California, landowners are particularly hard hit, because state land values are twice the national average.

35.   And in Texas, employment growth in mining and construction has been stronger than the national average, she said.

36.   And it will cost about half the so-called national average.

37.   And Powell, the director of the Race and Poverty Institute, pointed to surveys showing Minnesotans favor racial integration by far greater numbers than the national average.

38.   And victims found police to be courteous two-thirds of the time, well over the national average.

39.   And their costs of doing business were under the national average.

40.   And when women of all ages are counted, the state infant mortality rate is half the national average.