In 1969, construction and vacancy rates slumped, causing non-regulated rents to rise nationally.

Natural gas prices, a key input for electricity generation, have also declined as the supplies rise nationally.

In 2011, the average fourth-grade math score rose by one point nationally, and two points for cities with populations of 250,000 or more.

Beef cow numbers rose to 15.6 million head nationally.

The median price nationally rose 5.1 percent, two points more than inflation, to $142,800.

Last year, as the cost of medical supplies rose nationally by 4 percent to 6 percent, his hospital's costs increased only 3 percent.

The PAP's share of the vote rose by 4 percentage points nationally.

The most crucial measure of economic growth is the number of jobs, which has started rising nationally - but not here.

From 1982 to 1988, premiums rose nationally by an average of more than 18 percent a year, according to the American Medical Association.

From then on until 1964, he rapidly rose in stature as a surgeon both nationally and internationally.