SQL Server Certification Statistics

Saw this interesting statistics today (source: Greg Low) and wow!

I want to emphasize that I am also a believer in real world experiences over certification though, for myself, and for any future persons I may hire

SQL Server related stats from Microsoft:

MCDBA SQL 2000 152086


MCTS
SQL 2005 41665
SQL 2005 BI 2600

SQL 2008 Dev 336
SQL 2008 BI 134

MCITP
SQL 2005 DBA 6695
SQL 2005 Dev 2925
SQL 2005 BI 1088

SQL 2008 DBA 92
SQL 2008 BI 50

MCM
SQL 2005 18
SQL 2008 2