Sentences with phrase «state population among»

State population among the top ten gainers increased an average of 12.45 percent, lead by Nevada with a population increase of 66.3 percent over the period.

Not exact matches

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

WASHINGTON, DC, July 20, 2010: Budget shortfalls and unpaid bills have forced a virtually meatless diet on Illinois prisoners, exacerbating health problems and raising tensions among the state's prison population.

It does not come as a surprise that as the state's 13th largest city by population, California's Sunrise Seaport — Stockton — ranked among the more expensive cities for auto insurance.

States that have high shares of adults with bachelor's and advanced degrees, and states that show growth among the working - age population present a greater diversity of potential hires for corporaStates that have high shares of adults with bachelor's and advanced degrees, and states that show growth among the working - age population present a greater diversity of potential hires for corporastates that show growth among the working - age population present a greater diversity of potential hires for corporations.

The most Christian among the industrial nations, the United States, evinces the greatest sympathy for Israel as well as the greatest security for its own Jewish population.

But has there ever been a more wicked policy, with more disastrous social consequences, than the «one - child policy» China began to implement in the early 1980s — a state - decreed population - control measure that resulted in, among other horrors, untold tens of millions of coerced abortions?

Thus the Christians in Persia received a definite standing among the population, with freedom to manage their own affairs, but answerable to the state authorities through the Catholicos.

Over six billion people inhabit these areas, which include nations that have or at one time had a significant Jewish population — the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Iran, and Egypt, among others — as well as states whose Jewish population has never been more than minuscule: China, for example, and Paraguay, Laos, Botswana, Mongolia, and Trinidad and TStates, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Iran, and Egypt, among others — as well as states whose Jewish population has never been more than minuscule: China, for example, and Paraguay, Laos, Botswana, Mongolia, and Trinidad and Tstates whose Jewish population has never been more than minuscule: China, for example, and Paraguay, Laos, Botswana, Mongolia, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Significant empirical evidence concerning the amount of drinking and of problem drinking among various social class groups was made available in 1963 when Harold A. Mulford reported on a scientific survey of a cross section of the non-institutionalized adult population in the United States.

or where they allow non-packaged liquor sales in restaurants only... And then among those that sell alcohol, only very few allow Sunday sales; granted, those few cover most of the state's population (e.g. Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, etc..)

In fact, I will let the motivated among you do a little research if you are curious — my state has the highest population use of Facebook than any other state in the country.

Accidental bed sharing deaths may be on the rise in the United States, particularly among socially and economically disadvantaged populations (Shapiro - Mendoza 2009).

Research in the United States, Canada, Europe, and other developed countries, among predominantly middle - class populations, provides strong evidence that human milk feeding decreases the incidence and / or severity of diarrhea,1 - 5 lower respiratory infection,6 - 9 otitis media,3,10 - 14bacteremia, 15,16 bacterial meningitis, 15,17 botulism, 18 urinary tract infection, 19 and necrotizing enterocolitis.20, 21 There are a number of studies that show a possible protective effect of human milk feeding against sudden infant death syndrome,22 - 24insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus,25 - 27 Crohn's disease, 28,29 ulcerative colitis, 29 lymphoma, 30,31 allergic diseases,32 - 34 and other chronic digestive diseases.35 - 37 Breastfeeding has also been related to possible enhancement of cognitive development.38, 39

The highest rates of breastfeeding are observed among higher - income, college - educated women > 30 years of age living in the Mountain and Pacific regions of the United States.60 Obstacles to the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include physician apathy and misinformation,61 - 63 insufficient prenatal breastfeeding education, 64 disruptive hospital policies, 65 inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding, 62 early hospital discharge in some populations, 66 lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits, 67 maternal employment68, 69 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding), 70 lack of broad societal support, 71 media portrayal of bottle - feeding as normative, 72 and commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and television and general magazine advertising.73, 74

Although national rates of breastfeeding initiation are acceptable, the United States falls short of goals for continuation of breastfeeding, particularly among underserved populations.

The bill needs to win the approval of all 16 legislatures where the Queen is head of state, including tiny states with populations hovering among the 10,000 mark.

Aregbesola who described the quality of his projects like roads, schools among others as enduring said his government through the construction of roads, has provided for future population explosion in the state.

It's a nice theory that is fully contradicted by the fact that among the most anti-communist segments of population are those who know best - immigrants from «communist» (well, socialist) states.

The proposed constutional amendment doesn't fix the large, systematically engineered population variances between districts that are currently permitted, and which make it possible, among other things, for the Republicans to continue to hang on to the State Senate despite a massive statewide voter - registration disadvantage.

The move for Florida is not a surprise given its surging population over the last several decades, but its displacement of New York among the top three most populated states will no doubt give business groups renewed ammunition when it comes to the state's tax and regulatory climate.

There, an overflow crowd numbering well over 100 — with more than 100 more turned away by security at the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., State Office Building on West 125th Street — was testament to the hunger in Harlem for forging stronger social, political, and support ties among a diverse and growing queer population there.

Among the key states to watch are Lagos, Kano and Rivers - currently in APC hands - because of their large populations and economic power.

The study found joining the euro seemed to boost European identity among the population of member states, particularly among young, urban people.

State Office Building on West 125th Street ---- was testament to the hunger in Harlem for forging stronger social, political, and support ties among a diverse and growing LGBT population there.

New Jersey is among the nation's wealthiest states with a growing millionaire population.

«Retired persons are a population of interest, particularly because one mechanism by which Internet use may affect depression is to counter the effects of isolation and loneliness, which are more common among older adults,» the authors stated.

The seats must, however, be shared among three states, Alabaska, Bolorado and Carofornia, with voting populations of 21, 13 and 5 million, respectively.

The fact that Wisconsin is able to maintain a top research university despite a relatively small population is a source of pride among the state's citizens.

In the United States, population pockets with low vaccination rates (such as in Boulder, Colorado, and Ashland, Oregon) have existed for some time, and the great fear among many governmental medical authorities is that high - profile claims about vaccine dangers will widen the phenomenon, with potentially disastrous consequences.

Cancer is the second most common cause of death among Cuba's aging population as well as in the United States, she said.

In other words, the probability of death from cancer among astronauts should be no more than 3 percent above the average probability of death from cancer among the general population in the United States.

The study, «Prescription opioid use among adults with mental health disorders in the United States,» is among the first to show the extent to which the population of Americans with mental illness use opioids.

This is the first study to show that sleep duration has increased among broad segments of the United States population (students 15 and older, people who are employed, and retirees) over this period.

But a facility in Windhoek, Namibia, has processed domestic sewage into potable water for human consumption since the late 1960s «with no obvious adverse health effects among the population of several hundred thousand,» the authors state.

Lead author Anna Gassman - Pines found that when 1 percent of a state's working population lost jobs, suicide - related behaviors increased by 2 to 3 percentage points among girls and black adolescents in the following year.

For example, nearly 3,000 heat - related deaths are expected annually among elderly populations in the United States and Canada by 2030, even with modest adaptation levels.

The authors include in their paper a set of recommended resources to assist healthcare providers, and examples of culturally tailored, community - based public health initiatives that have been effective in improving diabetes outcomes among African - Americans, who represent a critical population for effective and culturally appropriate diabetes healthcare because they are disproportionately burdened by type 2 diabetes in the United States.

WRT Alister McDonald's tosh, he would have to show me that the distribution of population among quantum states was not thermal in order to justify what he says.

«What we're finding is the cancer mortality rates among some of the most vulnerable populations of New Jersey, which are children, has been declining over time, and it's declined significantly,» said Nan Stroup, director of the State Cancer Registry and an associate professor at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

Just to expand on that a little — the distribution of population among the quantum states of the greenhouse gas molecules is actually set in two ways; by collisons with air molecules (ie both greenhouse gas molecules and non-greenhouse gas molecules) and by excitation as a result of absorption in that greenhouse gases» bands.

A strong inverse association between a comprehensive measure of income - based socioeconomic inequality and obesity was found among young white women, in a cross-sectional representative multiethnic sample of the United States population (10).

Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute is central Pennsylvania's only comprehensive cancer center, with a special research emphasis on cancer - producing behaviors that are more prevalent among an underserved rural population.

Because this is qualitative research among only a small number of individuals, the findings from these two focus groups can not be generalized to represent the entire population of adults in the United States.

Kwan's research extends these findings to include the risk of recurrence among women who have already been diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, a population that numbers about 2.5 million in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society.

Celiac disease is a far more common condition among the general population of the United States than is commonly realized.

With a high rate of divorce among a large, youthful population, authorities in Iran have stepped in to play Cupid with the launch of a state - run internet dating website.

Parents can choose from among the public and private providers that, based on the population they serve, qualify for the state funds.

And although there have been considerably fewer «traditional» conflicts among states in recent years, today's are extremely violent and are increasingly affecting civil populations and the weaker regions of the world.

Given the disparate performances among students from various cultural backgrounds, it may be worth inquiring as to whether differences between the United States and other countries are due to the presence of a substantial minority population within the United States.