2003 World Almanac - Consumer Info for

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Town Compass� presents The 2003 World Almanac - Consumer Info, Health & Travel.

Whether you are an educator, student, scholar or just need immediate access to important US Consumer Information, you will find this database fast, comprehensive and extremely valuable. Loaded with addresses, charts, graphs, and footnotes. Put authority in your pocket! The Database contains:

Full-color Cover Page, Storage Card Compatibility, Searchable Records
Consumer Information, including Business Directory, Product Ownership Listing, Top Brand Products, Top 10 Shopping Websites, Child Raising Costs, Median Home Prices, Housing Affordability, Mortgage Loan Calculator, Genealogy Help, and Obtaining Records
Postal Information, including US Basic Service, US Domestic Rates, US Package Services, US Special Services, International Special Services, US State Abbreviations, Canada Abbreviations, International Letter, Air Mail Parcel, & Surface Parcel Rates, and Country Rate Groups
Associations & Societies Listing, including Full Name, Date Founded, Address, Reported Membership, and Website
Social Security, including Programs, Benefits, and Trust Funds
Health, including Basic First Aid, Heart & Blood Disease, Moderate Exercise, Target Heart Rate, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Detection, Breast Cancer, Youth Cigarette Trends, Benefits of Quitting Smoking, Diabetes, Alzheimer's Disease, AIDS/HIV, Allergies & Asthma, Arthritis, Depression, Alternative Medicine, Alternative Health Services, Top-Selling Medicinal Herbs, Global Health Performance, Global Health Expenditures, and Overall Goal Attainment
Food & Nutrition, including Food Guide Pyramid Graphic, Types of Food, Food Label Claims, Nutrition Value, US Consumption, Dietary Requirements, Recommended Vitamin Levels, Recommended Mineral Levels, and Weight Guidelines
Health Help, including Where to Get Help, Aging, AIDS, Alcohol & Drugs, Alzheimers, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Arthritis, Asthma & Allergies, Blindness & Eyes, Blood Disorders, Burns, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, Child Abuse, Children, Chronic Fatigue, Crisis, Cystic Fibrosis, Diabetes, Digestive Diseases, Domestic Violence, Down Syndrome, Drug Abuse, Dyslexia, Eating Disorders, Endometriosis, Epilepsy, Food Safety, Headaches, Heart Disease & Stroke, Hospices, Huntingtons, Impotence, Kidney, Lead Exposure, Liver, Lungs, Lupus, Lyme Disease, Mental Health, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Nutrition, Organ Donation, Osteoporosis, Pain, Parkinsons, Plastic Surgery, Polio, Prostate, Rare Disorders, Rehabilitation, Scleroderma, Sexual Diseases, Sjogrens Syndrome, Skin, Speech & Hearing, Spinal Injuries, Stroke, Sudden Infant Death, Tourette's Syndrome, Urinary, and Women's Health
Travel & Tourism, including Tourism Trends, World Tourism Receipts, Top 10 Tourist Destinations, Top Country Tourism Earnings, Vacation Days, Travel to the US, Visitors to the US, Traveler Spending in the US, US Domestic Travel, Traveler Spending in US States, Top 15 Travel Websites, Travel Websites, Notable Roller Coasters, Top 50 Amusement/Theme Parks, Passport Info, and Customs Exemptions
Energy, including US & World Gasoline Prices
Transportation, including World Vehicle Production, Leading Vehicle Producers, US Car Imports, US Car Production, US Car Sales, US Car Fuel Efficiency, US SUV Sales, Most Popular Vehicle Colors, US Registered Cars, US Licensed Drivers, US Speed Limits, US State Driver Stats, US Road Mileage, and World Air Distances
US Cities, including Fastest Growing and Fastest Shrinking