Residents of other countries collected 46.6 percent of the 89,385 patents awarded in 1987, according to annual statistics issued by the office.

That is one of many troubling statistics issued by a community group today as it charged that the Hempstead school district was failing.

The C.I.A. also said it believed that official Soviet statistics issued before Mr. Gorbachev came to power greatly exaggerated the Soviet Union's economic performance.

Many of the most controversial topics for statistics issued by government do not come from the ONS though they are expected to meet National Statistics standards.

According to statistics issued by the Liuzhou government in 2009, the city's GDP was 103.2 billion yuan.

The most recent statistics issued by the department showed that its prisons were operating at 97.9 percent of capacity in February, meaning 412 beds were empty.

According to official statistics issued in 1998, 32 persons were hanged between independence in 1966 and 1997.

"The total numbers don't seem to jibe with other economic statistics issued by the Government in recent days," Mr. Straszheim said.

According to statistics issued by the Fusui government in 2011, the county's GDP was 101 billion yuan.

Recent statistics issued by the Metropolitan Police indicated that a quarter of all serious crimes in Greater London are committed by school-children.