Indeed, federal statistics show that low-income women are far more likely to be victims of domestic violence.

Violent crime rose slightly in 2001 from the year before, according to federal statistics.

According to the most recent federal statistics, 42 percent of public community college freshmen take remedial courses.

Asian women here live longer than any other ethnic subgroup of people in the nation, according to federal statistics.

By contrast, the biggest bank robbery in the last 25 years, according to federal statistics, involved $11 million.

Further, federal statistics show that rates of obesity are highest among the poor.

And lower income minorities are at even greater risk, federal statistics show.

All three of the Bronx homes have staffing levels lower than the national average, according to federal statistics.

The number of hospital admissions increased slightly, to 336 from 348, in the same period, according to federal statistics.

The number of cases - 115 or so a year, according to the most recent federal statistics - has remained steady.