Yet - as the grim economic statistics show - nothing has got the patient off life support, let alone out of the sickbed.

So, the grim statistics are even worse than Peter says.

These grim statistics don't even show the full extent of the problem.

These are some pretty grim statistics to hear on a Saturday morning.

Her book "will doubtless improve the grim statistics it reports."

The Government produced a welter of grim statistics to back the need for change.

And the grim statistics show it was no hollow warning.

But what are the reasons behind the grim statistics?

Soon, grim statistics and analysis are punctuating the night air.

His manner is anything but proud as he recounts the grim statistics of education in Israel today.