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Oct. 19, 1992
    
SNAPSHOTS:
   A look at the news, money, sports, and lifestyle statistics 
that shape our world from the pages of USA TODAY.
    
USA TOPS IN NOBEL ECONOMICS:
The first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science was awarded in 
1969. Countries with the most economics winners:
USA                  20
Great Britain         5
Sweden                2
Norway                2
Other                 3
Source: USA TODAY research
    
A BEEHIVE OF ACTIVITY:
Stock trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange soared the 
week of the 1987 crash. That week's trading vs. last week's:
                      Average daily
                      trading volume
Oct. 19-23, 1987    460 million shares
Last week   187 million shares
Source: USA TODAY research
    
AFTER TEAMS WIN THE BIG ONE:
Super Bowl champ Washington is off to a sluggish start this 
season. What other Super Bowl champs did the following season:
Won Super Bowl again      5
Lost in Super Bowl        2
Lost in playoffs         10
Did not make playoffs     8
Source: USA TODAY research
    
SURVIVING TRANSPLANTS:
Percentage of patients who survive one year after transplants:
Kidney      92.9%
Heart       82.1%
Pancreas    88.7%
Liver       74.4%
Lung        53.9%
Heart-lung  53.3%
Source: Health, Resources and Services Administration
    

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