Sentences with phrase «cent of women lowered»

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She told the Mail on Sunday: «Instead of listening to lobby groups, the BMA should be listening to British women, 70 per cent of whom want the abortion time limit to be lowered from the current 24 weeks limit - one of the highest in the Western world.»

In 2005, 56 per cent of women and 44 per cent of men said the current 24 - week limit «should be lowered significantly», and a YouGov poll that year also found 36 per cent of men but only 19 per cent of women supported an upper limit of 24 weeks or later.

The pay disparity in New York is the lowest of any state in the U.S. New York women earn 89 cents for every dollar earned by men.

The highest and lowest prevalence of bribery by geographical location and sex showed that 39.5 per cent of the people are urban males while 24.9 per cent are rural women.

Yet during the same period, the proportion of women from the lowest 20 % of the income scale going to university failed to increase at all — it actually remained flat at six per cent.

30 per cent of women experience sexual violence in their lifetimes — bad parenting, low respect and the glorification of male competition are to blame

The effect is small: 54 per cent of women in jobs classed as low stress, including the arts, cultural and recreational fields, had sons, compared with 47 per cent of women in high - stress jobs such as manufacturing or construction.

Women with severe disability, across levels of chronic conditions, had the lowest rate of breast cancer screening at 61 per cent.

In the UK, around 20 per cent of postmenopausal women suffer from pelvic organ prolapse, which occurs when a pelvic organ, such as the bladder, drops from its normal place in the lower abdomen and pushes against the walls of the vagina.

Among type - 2 diabetic patients with an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease — those with high levels of triglycerides and low levels of «good» cholesterol (high - density lipoprotein or HDL)-- fenofibrate cut adverse cardiovascular outcomes by 30 per cent in women and 24 per cent in men.

Eighteen per cent of all computer staff are women but last year they were over-represented in the 12 lowest grades and under - represented in all but one of the 13 highest grades.

The cholesterol - lowering drug fenofibrate cuts cardiovascular disease risks by 30 per cent in women with type - 2 diabetes, a new University of Sydney study reveals.

Women with high levels of alpha - amylase — an indicator of stress measured in saliva — are 29 per cent less likely to get pregnant each month and twice as likely to meet the clinical definition of infertility (remaining not pregnant after 12 months of trying) than women with low levels, researchers fWomen with high levels of alpha - amylase — an indicator of stress measured in saliva — are 29 per cent less likely to get pregnant each month and twice as likely to meet the clinical definition of infertility (remaining not pregnant after 12 months of trying) than women with low levels, researchers fwomen with low levels, researchers found.

A landmark Spanish government sponsored study (PREDIMED) revealed that middle aged men and women who consumed a Mediterranean diet supplemented with at least four tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil daily had a 30 per cent relative risk reduction in suffering a heart attack, stroke or death within five years in comparison to those advised to follow a «low fat» diet.

As little as 10 per cent of the UK engineering workforce consists of women, which is the lowest in Europe.

Fewer suicides were reported among women in secondary education, which means that the overall risk of suicide for female teachers was 31 per cent lower than the national average for women in England.

Rockstar North, developers of Grand Theft Auto IV and V alongside scores of others, has reported that the mean hourly rate for women is 64 per cent lower than for men.

On the heels of this report comes a survey from the National Women's Law Center in Washington, D.C., showing women in low - wage jobs make 71 cents for every dollar men Women's Law Center in Washington, D.C., showing women in low - wage jobs make 71 cents for every dollar men women in low - wage jobs make 71 cents for every dollar men earn.

Companies that sustained three or more women directors in at least four of five years appreciably outpaced those with sustained low representation by 84 per cent on ROS, 60 per cent on ROIC, and 46 per cent on ROE.