Because of the emphasis on Irish in the education system, the number of people who can speak Irish remains high.
(Few people seem to use this system: the number of "likes" rarely seems to rise above five).
Under a new system the number of lower-house constituencies will be cut from 60 to 28.
Under the new system, the number of Florida schools that received an "F" more than doubled from a year earlier.
Other states have a proportional system; the number of delegate votes awarded candidates depends on the percentage of the vote a candidate wins in the primary.
Even in the eight states that criminalize driving with any amount of illegal drugs in the system, the number of prosecutions is small.
In today's health and social care system, the number of delayed transfers of care (DTOC) are an equivalent warning to the sector.
In his system the number 237.578 was denoted in which the digits to the left of the zero are the integral part of the number.
Through partnerships with N.U.M.C., Winthrop University Hospital, New Island Hospital and the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, the number of students in the Farmingdale nursing program jumped from 80 three years ago to 167 this semester.
In Texas, which has the country's largest state prison system, the number of inmates has remained stable for the last five months, according to Tony Fabelo, executive director of the state's Criminal Justice Policy Council.
While there are obviously people who fiddle the system, the number is infinitesimally small compared with the column inches it generates, and many disabled people, myself included, have felt tarred by the same very uncomfortable brush.
