The following is a summary of sales and long-lived assets based on the geographic areas where the sales originated and where the assets are located: Sales: United States $ 1,910.8 $ 1,767.8 $ 1,806.3 Europe 455.7 415.2 421.8 Canada 251.1 237.7 225.7 Asia 313.4 266.9 249.6 Mexico 279.8 233.7 209.7 South America 19.1 17.3 15.7 Total Sales $ 3,229.9 $ 2,938.6 $ 2,928.8 Long lived assets: United States $ 279.7 $ 268.3 $ 234.5 Europe 97.0 86.6 88.5 Canada 8.2 7.2 6.9 Asia 56.2 44.6 45.7 Mexico 18.5 18.5 19.4 South America 2.0 1.1 4.9 Total Long lived assets $ 461.6 $ 426.3 $ 399.9 Note 15 — SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)   2017 Quarters 2016 Quarters (In millions, except per share data) Fourth (2) Third (3) Second (4) First (5) Fourth(6) Third (7) Second (8) First (9) Sales $ 800.6 $ 818.5 $ 814.1 $ 796.7 $ 694.8 $ 746.7 $ 758.2 $ 738.9 Gross Margin 169.2 179.5 188.0 182.3 152.5 166.1 181.9 176.6 Operating income 45.8 67.7 80.0 84.0 62.1 72.0 81.8 70.4 Net income from continuing operations 35.5 40.2 49.6 48.3 35.1 42.8 50.1 38.2 Net income from continuing operations attributable to PolyOne shareholders $ 35.4 $ 40.2 $ 49.6 $ 48.3 $ 35.2 $ 42.8 $ 50.1 $ 38.3 Net income from continuing operations per common share attributable to PolyOne common shareholders: (1) Basic earnings per share $ 0.44 $ 0.50 $ 0.61 $ 0.58 $ 0.43 $ 0.51 $ 0.59 $ 0.45 Diluted earnings per share $ 0.43 $ 0.49 $ 0.60 $ 0.58 $ 0.42 $ 0.51 $ 0.59 $ 0.45   (1) Per share amounts for the quarter and the full year have been computed separately.