Sentences with phrase «among industrialized»

Although the United States has by far the highest rate of incarceration among industrialized democracies, at over 600 inmates per 100,000 population, Canada's rate of approximately 130 inmates per 100,000 population places it second or third highest...

Among industrialized countries, Australia has the thirteenth largest population but is the seventh largest emitter.23 In absolute terms our emissions (528 Mt) are higher than those of some major European countries such as France (502 Mt) and Italy (527 Mt) and only 20 per cent lower than those of the UK (661 Mt).

In the United States, just 9 percent of 15 - year - olds scored in the top two levels of proficiency in math, compared with an average of 13 percent among industrialized nations and as high as 55 percent in Shanghai, 40 percent in Singapore, and 17 percent in Germany and Poland.

Despite one of the highest rates of per - pupil spending among industrialized countries, the United States ranks as mediocre on most measures of student achievement.

The latest on each state's international standing,» by Paul Peterson, Ludger Woessman, Eric Hanushek, and Carlos Xabel Lastra - Anadon This study found that U.S. students rank 32nd among industrialized nations in proficiency in math and 17th in reading.

Although the percentage of children living in poverty is the lowest in 20 years, it is still the highest among industrialized nations.

As for overall private sector enrollment among industrialized countries, we can consult the OECD, an association of 34 industrialized nations that administers the PISA test.

Our high school graduation rate is now 10th among the industrialized countries.

About 100 years ago, the industrial revolution introduced technology that allowed for the refining of vegetable and seed oils, which led to a dramatic increase in the consumption of omega - 6 fatty acids among the industrialized countries.

Many lipid scientists began their career with the understanding that cholesterol molecules are inherently dangerous and that the modern diet is unusually high in cholesterol, hence modern cardiovascular diseases are unusually prevalent among industrialized nations.

He noted that, despite some improvements, «U.S. [teen birth] rates remain among the highest among industrialized countries.»

Over the last two centuries, peaceful economic competition among industrialized nations has further reduced war's frequency and lethality, Gat holds.

That is the highest rate among industrialized nations.

Currently, the United States ranks 27th among industrialized nations in infant mortality, but rates within the U.S. vary significantly by race, socioeconomic status, and geography.

Yet, the U.S. has one of the lowest rates of breastfeeding among industrialized countries and one of the highest rates of infant mortality.

«Even though the United States has the most intense and widespread medical management of birth - 99 % of women give birth in a hospital - we rank near the bottom among industrialized countries in maternal and infant mortality.

Why do the religious feel the need to spread their lies in schools, attempting to force science education out, and our country's standing even lower among the industrialized nations of the world?

Similarly among the industrialized countries, a new reciprocity, particularly one stemming from the marginalized groups, may lead to sharing at the peripheries of the richer societies.

America is one of the most religious industrialized countries yet we are a very violent nation and have one of the highest teen pregnancy and STD infection rates among industrialized nations.

The United States» large number of churchgoers makes it unique among industrialized nations.

Nevertheless, despite Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's assurances to the contrary, Canada no longer owns economic bragging rights among the industrialized world.

Not exact matches

Withdrawing would leave the United States aligned only with Russia among the world's industrialized economies in rejecting action to combat climate change.

The board's researchers gave Canada a grade of D on an innovation report card, putting it 14th among 17 industrialized nations, placing behind the likes of the United States, Japan and Germany.

Moreover, Yale University's Environmental Performance Index shows that Canada has the second - best water - quality ranking among selected industrialized countries.

What we have seen between 1965 and the present, among the billion or so people who inhabit the industrialized nations, is, by contrast, a general upheaval in the whole set of demographic indicators.

The insistence by supporters of abortion on demand that only «wanted children» be allowed to be born has not improved our infant mortality rates, which have remained among the worst in the industrialized world; nor has it helped us cope effectively with the incidence of child abuse, the frequency and severity of which have increased dramatically during this time.

In contrast, overall death rates have continued to decline for middle - aged folk in industrialized Europe, and among African Americans and Hispanics in the U.S.

The case in industrialized countries requires better production management, de-emphasizing appearance standards, more explanatory date marking systems and raising awareness among consumers about better buying, cooking and recycling methods — this can save food wastages at the retail and consumer levels.

When these women spend even a few moments on the internet after such an experience, they learn that women in America are not only suffering emotionally, but childbirth outcomes in our country are among the worst of all industrialized countries, with several third world countries demonstrating better outcomes.

According to the World Health Organization, we rank second to last among 33 industrialized countries in this regard and 30th for maternal mortality.

In the worldwide ethnographic record, mothers accidentally suffocating their babies during the night is relatively unheard of, except among western industrialized nations, but here there are in the overwhelming number of cases, explanations of the deaths that require reference to dangerous circumstances and not to the act itself.

Chief among these is protection against gastrointestinal infections which is observed not only in developing but also industrialized countries.

Culturally there is a lot of disapproval for the practice of co sleeping or bed sharing among western or industrialized societies, to the extent that there is a significant proportion of parents who co sleep but do not admit to it.

I find it ironic that mainstream medical professionals would spend so much time critiquing and vilifying home birth when the VAST MAJORITY OF BIRTHS IN AMERICA HAPPEN IN AMERICAN HOSPITALS and when AMERICA HAS AMONG THE HIGHEST MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES OF ANY COUNTRY IN THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD.

Prior to this discovery, in most western industrialized countries SIDS rates ranged between approximately 1.5 to 4 infants per 1000 live births (compared to industrialized counties in Asia, such as Japan, which has the lowest SIDS rates in the world,.05 infants per 1000 live births21) with enormous increases amongst minorities, especially impoverished indigenous peoples such as the Maori of New Zealand, the Cree of Northern Canada, and the Aborigines of Australia.19, 22,23 Native peoples in the United States demonstrated similar exponentially increased SIDS (or SUDI rates, see below), as much as two to seven the times the rates found amongst white Americans.13, 19 Despite significant declines among almost all cultural and / or ethnic groups, SIDS rates still remain the leading cause of death for infants between one month and one year of life in the United States and elsewhere.13

But non-breastfed children in industrialized countries are also at greater risk of dying - a recent study of post-neonatal mortality in the United States found a 25 % increase in mortality among non-breastfed infants.

Mr. Lyeo exhorted the minister to have hope for a brighter future for the region because 50 years ago, South Korea was among the poorest countries in the world, but with the strong determination of the leadership and government coupled with community participation, the Republic of South Korea has emerged as one of the world's most industrialized countries within five decades.

NSF's 2008 Science and Engineering Indicators, the gold standard for such statistics, puts the United States atop a bar graph of 27 industrialized countries among adults aged 25 to 64, followed closely by Norway and Israel.

A: In 2000 Barbara Starfield, University Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University, wrote an article in The Journal of the American Medical Association showing that the health of Americans ranks second to last among 13 wealthy industrialized countries.

That percentage is the lowest among the 30 industrialized countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in which Portugal leads the way with more than 40 %.

While the religion - suicide relationship is hotly contested among researchers, the current study is one of the first to examine that relationship outside Western industrialized countries.

But crucially from a statistical standpoint, U.S. students are by far the most diverse of any industrialized country, ranging from some of the world's best - prepared to some of the worst among the developed countries.

That set a central target for emissions cuts by industrialized countries and then shared them out among about 40 nations.

Not only that, the U.S. has the largest «happiness gap» among parents compared to nonparents in 22 industrialized countries, according to a report by researchers at Baylor University, the University of Texas at Austin and Wake Forest University.

Among the many natural and anthropogenic sources of air pollution, the combustion of fossil fuels is a major contributor in urban and industrialized societies.

Even then, many women can't afford it, contributing to the fact that the United States has the highest rate of unintended and teen pregnancies among Western industrialized nations, Richards said.

The U.S. has the biggest happiness gap between parents and non-parents among 22 industrialized countries.

Among the parallels that exist between the fresh milk and organic farming movements are responses of a concerned farming and food community to the destructive forces of a modernizing and increasingly industrialized agriculture.

«Felicia's Journey» is a study in stark contrasts: among them, the blindly trusting Felicia and the devious - minded Hilditch; the tranquil Irish countryside of Felicia's youth as shown in flashbacks juxtaposed with grey, industrialized Birmingham; the old - fashioned lifestyle (Felicia lives as if out of a Jane Austen novel, passing hand - written letters to her beau via his mother) versus the ultra-modern (Hilditch places miniature video cameras inside his car to record the girls).

According to the most recent calculations available, the United States stands at the 32nd rank in math among nations in the industrialized world.