The number of deaths caused by lung cancer peaked at 159,292 in 2005 and has since decreased by 2.3 percent to 155,610 in 2014.1. The age-adjusted death rate for lung cancer is higher for men (51.7 per 100,000 persons) than for women (34.7 per 100,000 persons).
MICR readers read text printed with magnetic ink. A MICR reader converts MICR characters into a form the a computer can process. The banking industry almost exclusively uses MICR for check processing. Look at the next check you write or receive for MICR at the bottom of the check. 18. Slide 18
MICR characters are printed on documents in either of the MICR fonts. The ink used in the printing is a magnetic ink or toner, usually containing iron oxide. The MICR text is passed before a MICR reader. The ink in the plane of the paper is first magnetized. Then the characters are passed over a MICR read head, a device similar to the playback head of a tape recorder.