Yale Index

2. Life expectancy for an Afghan male, in years 42

3. Number of Afghans at risk of starvation 1,000,000

4. Population of Afghanistan 25,838,797

5. Number of hijackers involved in Tuesday's attacks 18

6. Number of years the United States has been hunting Osama bin Laden 3

7. Number of reservists being called up by the military 50,000

8. Number of people reported missing as of Thursday morning 4,763

9. Population of Manhattan 1,550,649

10. Percentage of Americans who think the country should take military action at the risk of war 80

11. Number of people in New Haven 123,626

12. Number of hearts in New Haven going out to the people of New York 123,626

Sources: 1, 4) CIA World Factbook; 2, 3, 5, 7, 8) New York Times; 6, 10) Washington Post; 9, 11) U.S. Census; 12) "For Country"

—Compiled by Kushal Dave

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