And compared with the number of women who survived horrific complications, that figure appears small.
Some industries recruit vast numbers of interns compared with the number of entry-level vacancies.
In the study, the number of cancer cases averted was small compared with the number of women who had mutilating surgery and who might never have developed cancer.
Science Lesson from Chef Tony: The number of crockery pieces flung into the ocean is minuscule compared with the number of molecules in the universe.
He also said the number of complaints is small compared with the number of times the 2,724 members of the state police respond to calls for assistance.
The number of doctors opting out is tiny compared with the number of doctors, 735,000, who remain in Medicare.
Mr. Grush pointed out that compared with the number of miles driven by Explorers by the end of 1998, about 120 billion, the number of deaths was extremely small -- about 0.03 per hundred million miles.
Twice as many people who are underinsured said they did not fill a drug prescription or see a recommended specialist for care, the survey found, compared with the number of people who had more generous coverage.
The ever-upbeat Mr. Rumsfeld likes to say that the attacks on American soldiers are brief and relatively few in number, compared with the number of men in arms in the field in Iraq.
He explained that accidents are so rare compared with the number of miles jets fly and are caused by so many factors that it is impossible to measure accurately which design is better.
The number of actual complaints, compared with the number of transactions, remains minuscule, but accusations about Internet auctions to the Federal Trade Commission have increased a hundredfold in the last two years, to 10,700 in 1999.
