Census officials say the numbers are comparable across state lines.

The report, which focused on liver transplants, said waiting periods for the very sickest patients were actually comparable across the nation.

Those figures are not comparable across systems unless the method of scoring is specified.

Traditional measures of inflation, like a consumer price index adjusted to be comparable across Europe, "tend to flatter us a bit," he said.

Participants used the same standardized methods at all sites, to ensure results that are comparable across the nation.

Starting school may be special, but it is not comparable to Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic.

But continuing past practices can prolong the use of misleading poverty counts that are not comparable across countries.

The rent is $3,200 a month, which they said is half what they would have paid for something comparable across the river.

They were obtained simultaneously and by a consistent protocol and are therefore comparable across a large number of disciplines.

Most of the states have two further levels of courts, which are comparable across the country.