-Number of mental health professionals responding in person to students and community members in the first day after the Reynolds High School shooting: 98
-Number of deaths caused by firearms (includes suicide) in the U.S. in 2013: 31,672
-Number of homicides in the U.S. in 2013: 16,259
-Number of homicides using a firearm in the U.S in 2013.: 11,078
-Number of lay people Outside In has trained to administer the overdose treatment naloxone in Multnomah County since July, 2013: 768
-Number of overdoses naloxone was used to treat/reverse in Multnomah County since July, 2013: 327
-Number of opiate-related deaths in Multnomah County in 2011: 153
-Number of opiate-related deaths in Multnomah County in 2013: 112
-Total economic impact from the Oregon beer industry: $2.83 billion for Oregon’s economy
-Number of people employed by Oregon’s beer industry: 29,000
-Barrels of beer consumed by Oregonians in 2012: 2.79 million barrels
-Number of grape clusters for a bottle of Willamette Valley wine: 13
-Bottles per acre of grapes planted in the Willamette Valley, depending on spacing: 1,513-2,118
Sources: Multnomah County, Center for Disease Control, Oregon Craft Brewers. Willamette Valley Wineries Association
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