They are the amount a person drinks on average and heavy drinking at one time, called "binge drinking."

VOA: special.2009.09.08

It shows a dog jumping up high in the living room of an average American home.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

In nineteen seventy, the average American ate almost four kilograms of turkey a year.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

The government says the average American man eats ten grams of salt a day.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

He said Iraqis average about nine hours a day without electric power.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

The land surface pokes just a couple of meters on average above sea level, making it the lowest-lying nation in the world.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

(Speaking) The average age for a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, according to the report, is over 50 (years old).

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

Melkert said blackouts continue to persist nationally on average about nine hours a day.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

"The cost of solar has been dropping on average about 30 percent a year, where the cost of traditional energies has been going up exponentially because the price of fossil fuels is going up,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"If senators refuse to debate about a profound crisis affecting every single citizen, the nation must ask 'What do you fear?' ,'And whose voice do you speak and whose interest do you vote?" Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky disagreed, saying the bill will make soaring health care costs go even higher, and place a greater burden on average Americans.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

American children now spend an average of seven and a half hours a day watching television or playing with electronic devices.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

The group says its beaders earn an average of more than two thousand dollars a year in the program.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

In fact, the average sale price of a single-family home in Jackson Hole is more than one million dollars.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

During the first year, the women kept a monthly average of almost nine kilograms of vegetables for home use.

VOA: special.2010.01.11