In 1972, the earliest year studied, the rate was 82.8percentt.
In April 1997, the earliest year on record, there were just 310 sidewalk cafe licenses, the department said.
That would be the lowest annual percentage rise since 1994, the earliest year for which IDC provides statistics.
Marijuana use in the United States has declined since 2002, the earliest year for which the government has comparable data.
Both numbers are near their highest levels since 1956, the earliest year for which the Census Bureau has such data.
For the first time since 1999, the earliest year for which the report has data, blacks were not the group most often killed by the police.
The city recorded 256 traffic fatalities last year, which officials described as the lowest number since 1910, the earliest year that the records were kept.
That is down from 19.7 percent a year ago and is the lowest since at least 1980, the earliest year for which such data is available.
In 1979, the earliest year analyzed, just 7.7 percent of those at the top percentile worked in finance, about half the share in 2005.
On a relative basis, 2007 was the worst year for financial stocks since at least 1970 — the earliest year for which Standard & Poor's could provide comparable records.
Before the third quarter, the rate had never exceeded 7percentt since 1979, the earliest year for which figures are available.
