1.  Despite the depressing statistics Rover chiefs are publicly at least taking an optimistic view.

2.  He is a success, but he just as easily could have wound up another depressing statistic.

3.  Robert Putnam in reviewing the depressing statistics about our current associational membership and public trust finds church attendance the great exception.

4.  The two depressing statistics cited above are closely related.

5.  Youth workers say that despite the depressing statistics, young criminals can sometimes be turned around.