So says a score of anecdotal reports from retailers and statistics capturing the volume of spend this holiday season.

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Although high-volume units treated the sickest infants and had highest crude death rates, when the statistics were adjusted for factors such as the severity of the illness, patient volume and staffing provision, unit size did not influence death or brain damage rates.

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The statistics, which Google has been releasing since 2010, show the volume of government requests has continued to grow.

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