Last year 5 percent failed and 60 percent achieved proficiency.

Roughly 93 percent of all the House incumbents who sought re-election achieved it.

Only 6.5 percent of hospitals nationally have achieved Magnet status.

By definition, 75 percent of male college graduates achieved that status.

Only 1 percent of women can achieve this body type without what she called "heroic measures."

Especially noteworthy was that 56 percent achieved 20/16 vision or better.

Among the people providing care but receiving no stress training, only 7 percent achieved that antibody level.

But since 1981, only 36 percent of technology companies have achieved such growth rates for any consecutive three-year period.

In 1982, 2.27 percent of the recruits achieved that score on the same test.

A mere 15 percent achieve a bachelor's degree in four years.