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statistic
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + statistics
official statistics
• Official statistics indicate that educational standards are improving.
government statistics
• According to government statistics, only two percent of lone parents are aged under twenty.
national statistics
• National statistics greatly underestimate levels of heroin use.
crime/economic/unemployment etc statistics
• The economic statistics tell a grim story.
verbs
statistics show/indicate something
• Statistics show that 80 percent of dog attacks take place in the home.
statistics suggest something
• Housing conditions are far worse than the statistics suggest.
compile/collect/gather statistics
• Police have not yet compiled statistics for this year.
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