"The 1999 household burglary rate was about a third that of the adjusted rate of 1973."

The department also reported that the gross national product expanded at a revised adjusted annual rate of 2.7 percent in the third quarter.

Mr. Gruet said he had expected an adjusted rate of between 6 million and 6.5 million.

In the previous reporting period, for early April, cars sold at an adjusted annual rate of just over 7.5 million.

In 812 bypass operations performed in 1996, 7 people died, for a raw death rate of 0.86 percent and an adjusted rate of 1.1 percent.

The adjusted rate assumes that St. Joseph's patient population looked exactly like the statewide mix, which it did not.

Six patients out of 135 cases in 1996 died, giving the hospital a raw death rate of 4.44 percent and an adjusted rate of 5.93 percent.

The plan would allow families to pay adjusted rates for coverage based on their income.

In June, durable good purchases had increased $9.8 billion, for an annual adjusted rate of $412 billion.

Purchases of nondurable goods increased $5.9 billion in July, to an annual adjusted rate of $992 billion.