Global variables such as the transverse energy and the charged particle multiplicity and their ratio are evaluated, in a statistical model with expansion, for heavy-ion collisions from AGS to RHIC at \sqrt {s_NN}=200 GeV. Full description of decays of hadron resonances is applied. The predictions of the model done at the freeze-out parameters established independently from observed particle yields and p_T spectra agree well with the experimental data. However, some (explicable) overestimation of the ratio has been found.

PACS numbers: 25.75.--q, 25.75.Dw, 24.10.Pa, 24.10.Jv