From 1992 to 1994, methamphetamine-related deaths increased nationally by 145 percent.

Together with several northern states abolishing slavery during this period, the percentage of free blacks nationally increased to 13.5 percent of the total black population.

The unemployment rate increased nationally in October and now so has...

The falloff for Long Island comes at a time when the number of patents has been increasing nationally.

The study also found that violent crime over the same time increased nationally by 46 percent, while the rise was 36.4 percent in the largest cities.

Accordingly, autism may well be increasing nationally, with California at this moment being just the statistical canary in the coal mine.

For one, fatal accidents involving teen drivers increased nationally.

Such centers are growing rapidly, increasing nationally over the last year by 60 percent to 461 centers, from 287 in 1994.

And as a percentage of the population that's increasing nationally.

Home prices, which were increasing at double-digit rates nationally in 2004 and 2005, have fallen dramatically since (see Chart 1).