Brasília, November 14, 2002 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - Social Security's deficit in October was less than in September. The deficit, which was R$ 1.41 billion (approximately US$ 390 million) in September, decreased to R$ 1.138 billion (approximately US$ 310 million) in October. The nominal decline in the deficit was 19.29%, 20.34% in real terms. Through October the cumulative deficit in 2002 comes to R$ 11.966 billion (approximately US$ 3.3 billion). (DAS)