Only about 10
per cent of the population in the global study had both hypertension and high sodium consumption (greater than 6 grams per day).
More extreme consequences include neglect and abuse — with sexual abuse reported to occur at some time in the lives of 90 per
cent of the population with learning difficulties.
Only 5 per
cent of the population conduct their own research into the best value cleaning products before buying them which is costing consumers valuable pounds.
For too long, various national telecommunications infrastructure initiatives have focused on the 95 per
cent of the population who are, at least in a technical sense, relatively easy to service.
The elderly, 12
per cent of the population, make up little more than 3 per cent of those appearing in either religious or general programs.
«Moreover, at the material times in this proceeding, fewer than one - third of one per
cent of the population of Canada were authorized to grow marijuana for their own medical purposes.
The survey, which looked at the public's perception of the leaders» personalities, also found 36 per
cent of the population believe Mr Miliband would have been bullied at school.
He saw that in a country where 20 per
cent of the population owns 80 per cent of the wealth and where, when times turn hard, the middle class is tempted to vent its frustrations by blaming and punishing the poor, a civil rights movement must also become a movement for economic justice.
In England, for example, only 10 per
cent of the population attends church on a typical Sunday, and in Scandinavian countries the figure is closer to 2 or 3 per cent.
That means that Medibank will be able to reach about 90 per
cent of the population if the program is rolled out around the country.
The country has declared that official Independence Day celebrations will not go ahead this year due to ongoing conflict, a food crisis that has seen 50 per
cent of the population dependent on food aid, 2 million displaced internally and a further 1.9 million flee the country.
«I have done research into consumer attitudes in Australia and found that about 20 per
cent of the population eat kangaroo meat regularly.
«In our colonial and pioneer days, most people raised their own food, but as our nation has become industrialized and urbanized, we find that now only 7 per
cent of our population produces the food for our entire nation, and our consumers generally buy their food in stores.
It is known that people tend to overestimate the share of immigrants (for instance Ipsos 2014 report shows that British respondents think that 31 per
cent of population consists of foreign - born respondents, where the figure is closer to 13 per cent according to 2011 Census); here we also show that people's estimations of levels of immigration do not correspond to actual change in their local areas, it is the perception that seems to be linked with anti-immigration vote.
It is also important to note that in 2007, 84 per
cent of the population participated in the ballot, that is there was a 16 per cent abstention rate, whereas in these elections the rate of abstention was 54 per cent at the first round and 49 per cent in the second.
With 20 per
cent of the population still stuck in poverty, the report calls for sweeping reform of the tax and welfare systems under which higher earners would finance more generous, universal benefits.
51 per
cent of the population said they were «unhappy with the current electoral system and want it to change» compared to only 28 per cent who want to keep FPTP.
Although the change is most pronounced in the developing world, the US remains the fattest country with 71 per
cent of its population obese or overweight.
It is true that in Latin America more than 90 per
cent of the population profess to be Roman Catholic, and recent reports of sightings of South America's equivalent of the yeti describe the creature as being «as big as a Christian».
They show that about 92 per
cent of the population harbors bacteria with a variant of the gene sequence, according to a survey of public genome data from 250 adult humans.
Eastern Germany's Association of Independent Enterprises says there is a growing discrepancy between east and west: in the western states, 5 per
cent of the population works on research commissioned by industry, while in the east, only a tenth of this number work in industrial research.
About 92 per
cent of the population harbours bacteria with a variant of the gene sequence, according to the researchers» survey of public genome data from 250 adult humans.
In Western China, 25 per
cent of the population directly depends on meltwater in the dry season (47); there is less dependence in monsoon - dominated regions (8).
«We found that some of the highest rates of obesity and overweight (people) in Canada, according to Statistics Canada, were in Atlantic provinces — cities like St. John's, with over 36 per
cent of the population estimated to be obese,» he said.
«As India marches into the knowledge economy, it is imperative that rural India, where 70 per
cent of our population resides, be exposed to the benefits of IT.
«The reality is that just because we stand here or sit here in law school and people tell us that only two per
cent of the population make it here, doesn't mean that we've arrived.
The second big takeaway which will benefit 50 crore people is the National Health Protection Scheme, which will offer universal health cover to the tune of Rs 5 lakhs to nearly 40 per
cent of the population which can not buy healthcare insurance.
A joint report from the Internet and Mobile Association of India and market research firm Kantar indicates that Indic language - based internet could make about 23 per
cent of the population go digital.