Sentences with phrase «cent of the deaths from»

This could offer a technique to help in the prognosis of metastases, the spreading of cancer cells to other regions of the body, responsible for 90 per cent of deaths from cancer.

Not exact matches

Yet the basic social and cultural patterns that today condemn men and women to death, in accordance with the wishes of 65 per cent of the American public, remain in some ways remarkably unchanged from ancient times.

Demand for all kinds of melon has fallen 90 per cent since a listeria outbreak from a single rockmelon grower led to four deaths.

The Finnish boxes are part of a wider scheme that helped reduce the number of infants deaths from 10 percent to 0.2 per cent — one of the lowest rates in the world.

Studies from various developing countries have shown that between three and 20 per cent of episodes of acute diarrhoea become persistent, and up to one half of all diarrhoea - associated deaths occur during episodes of persistent diarrhoea.

According to the World Health Organization, older adults who live at home face disproportionally high fatality rates during natural disasters as evidenced by Hurricane Katrina where 71 per cent of the deaths resulting from that disaster involved people over 60 years of age.

According to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, in 1990 — the last year for which reliable figures are available — AIDS was responsible for 17 per cent of all deaths in men aged between 25 and 44, compared with 11.5 per cent in 1988, when it ranked as the number three killer after heart disease and «unintentional deaths», from accidents such as car crashes for example.

Only 4 per cent of applicants have weighted premiums: they include some heavy smokers and some people with a family history of early death, from heart disease for example.

If the number of partial replacements were to increase from 8 to 20 per cent, the NHS could potentially prevent 170 deaths, at the cost of 400 additional revisions.

Taken together, the number of deaths from all infections is still higher than the combined number of neonatal problems, but only by 6 per cent.

Taken together, the number of deaths from all infections is higher than the number of neonatal problems, but only by 6 per cent.

Now an analysis by Ian Deary at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his team has found that a higher test score in childhood was linked with a 28 per cent lower risk of death from respiratory disease and a 25 per cent reduction in coronary heart disease risk.

You report that about 80 per cent of early deaths from air pollution are due to fine particles (21 October,...

Of 4.3 million deaths each year worldwide from cancer, about 70 per cent are in the developing world.

More than 80 per cent of Trigona hyalinata bees from Brazil will keep biting an intruder even at the risk of certain death (Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, doi.org/w64).

He proved that a vitamin A deficiency dramatically increased childhood morbidity and mortality from infectious disease, and that a 4 - cent dose of vitamin A not only prevented and cured eye disease, but also reduced childhood deaths by 34 percent.

The problem According to evidence from University College London, 17 per cent of all premature deaths in the UK can be attributed to inactivity.

That leaves an amazing amount of fifty cents to come from returns achieved from the date of retirement until death.

«Increased ITN coverage in Kenya has resulted in 44 per cent fewer deaths in children, and increases in the birth weight of babies, according to preliminary data from the Malaria Control Department of the Kenyan Ministry of Health, announced at a meeting in Nairobi last week (16 August).»

From 2009 - 10, a steady increase in the size of death claims has been seen in this segment (barring 2010 - 11, when there was a 9.38 per cent rise, compared with a 16.26 per cent increase in 2009 - 10).

Life Long Assure is a non-linked whole life plan with a cover up to age of 100 years, cash bonus starting from end of 6th year, guaranteed cash back starting from end of premium payment term and guaranteed benefit of up to 300 per cent of sum assured on maturity or death, whichever is earlier, the release said.

The number of Indigenous deaths in custody in the decade since the Royal Commission has been 147, compared to 99 in the decade before the Royal Commission, climbing from 12 per cent of all prison deaths to 17 per cent in a decade.

The report also shows that from 2008 until 2012 chronic disease accounted for 70 per cent of the deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

For example, death rates among Aboriginal people from pneumonia have dropped by 40 per cent since 1996, following the roll - out of pneumococcal vaccinations, The «Strong Babies, Strong Culture» maternal health program has shown that significant reductions in the number of low birth weight babies can occur within a matter of years.

Fire deaths in the United States realized a dramatic decline over the past three decades as smoke alarms became common — more than 95 per cent of homes have them, says a statement from the organization.