Sentences with phrase «death numbers rose»

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As the death toll rose to more than 2,400 people out of 4,784 cases over the past six months, Dr. Chan stated that, «We are very cognizant of the fact that any number of cases and deaths that we are reporting is an underestimate.»

Safety experts point to the numbers: U.S. pedestrian deaths have been on the rise, with 5,376 in 2015 and nearly 6,000 last year, the most in two decades and up 22 percent from 2014, according to data compiled by the Governors Highway Safety Association for a recent report.

But reporters with the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, for its initials in Spanish) in Puerto Rico said Thursday in a story in the Miami Herald they had «confirmed that there are dozens of hurricane - related deaths and the number could rise to the hundreds.»

This is short for saying that shortly after Jesus's death, a number of Jesus's followers had experiences both individually and in group settings that they perceived were of the risen Jesus who appeared to them.

Virtually every serious historian acknowledges the following basic facts about Jesus: that he died by crucifixion, that his disciples genuinely believed that he rose from the dead and that they had seen Jesus, and that the early Church exploded in numbers soon after Jesus» death.

Jesus rose from death 3 days after following the nature of origin, The Father, The Son and of the Holy Spirit, Jesus comes from a Holy Trinity, and 3 is the creation number.

I find this shocking, especially since we know that the maternal death rate has been rising in recent years — something that isn't happening in other countries» [9] Currently, according to the World Health Organization and several United Nations agencies, the United States ranks behind no fewer than forty other nations in preventing maternal deaths (based upon an official but unreliable number).

«Despite our best efforts to stem the tide of opioid related deaths, the number of deaths continue to rise.

Although considered a relatively mild winter, with late January and February temperatures above average, the devastatingly cold weather experienced from late November through to early January saw the number of deaths rise above the national average, peaking during the first week of January 2011 with almost 3500 more deaths than the five - year average for that time of year.

Gillibrand says the number of prescription opioid - related deaths rose nationally more than 1,600 percent between 2004 and 2015.

• The total number of drink - drive accidents rose by 2 % to 5,740 in 2015 • There was a 3 % rise in overall drink - drive casualties on 2014 to 8,480 • Around 220 people were killed in drink driving related incidents, a figure unchanged since 2010, around 13 % of all deaths in reported road accidents in 2015.

The number of flu cases in Monroe County continues to rise, but there were no new deaths related to the flu for the latest reporting week, which ended February 17.

After two years of major declines in New York City's traffic deaths, the number of people killed in crashes dropped slightly last year while pedestrian deaths rose, leading to questions about whether Mayor Bill de Blasio's ambitious campaign to eliminate traffic fatalities has stalled.

The statistics, from the county medical examiner's office, also showed a drop in the number of heroin - related deaths while fatal overdoses caused by fentanyl and other fentanyl analogues have risen.

A 23 - year - old man was shot to death yesterday in Olinville, adding to what's been a rise in the number of homicides in the 47th Precinct.

Those cases could cause the number to rise after a final cause of death is determined, Avella said.

But the number of deaths from heroin and opioids alone continues to rise, more than doubling in Erie County alone between 2014 and 2015.

Fueled by the return of strong winds, the wildfires tearing through California wine country exploded in size and number as authorities ordered new evacuations and the death toll climbed to 23 — a figure expected to rise higher still.

SOUTH BRONX — The death toll in the worst outbreak of Legionnaires» disease in New York City history has risen to 12, and the number of people infected has gone up to 113, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced at a press conference Monday afternoon.

The city maintains that the Legionnaires» outbreak has peaked even though the number of deaths continues to rise.

According to Schneiderman, opioids, both prescription and illicit, are driving the rising number of drug overdose deaths across the United States.

For instance, among the six largest countries, although the actual numbers of female deaths from lung cancer will still be the highest in the UK in 2016 than in the other large countries (at 16,400), the rate per 100,000 women has started to fall (from 20.15 per 100,000 in 2013 to 19.37 predicted in 2016), while death rates are still rising in the other countries.

As the number of elderly people in Europe is increasing, the actual number of deaths will rise from 734,259 in 2011 to 753,600 in men in 2016, and from 580,528 to 605,900 in women, making a total of nearly 1,359,500 deaths predicted for 2016.

The CDC report also notes that AIDS is now the leading cause of death in young men of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent, and that the number of cases of AIDS in the US continues to rise steeply.

The study by researchers in Italy and Switzerland predicts that although the actual number of deaths from all cancers in the European Union will continue to rise due to growing populations and numbers of elderly people, the rate of cancer deaths will continue to decline overall, with some notable exceptions: lung cancer in women and pancreatic cancer in both sexes.

The increase is likely due to rising numbers of overdose deaths from opioids (SN: 6/10/17, p. 22), says Christine Durand, a transplant infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Larry Kalkstein, a geographer at the University of Delaware, Newark, has discovered a rise in the number of deaths during heat waves in the US, Canada, Egypt and China.

They say the overall number of cancer deaths is set to rise in 2012 because of ageing populations.

Following the blow out at BP's Macondo well five years ago, researchers have tracked a rising number of unusual deaths and health issues in Gulf dolphins, but have struggled to definitively pin the problems on the spill (SN: 4/18/15, p. 22).

«We expect to see the numbers of deaths attributable to NTM rise as the population continues to age and the numbers of older Americans continue to grow.»

(The power number is negative because it reflects a decrease rather than an increase in the number of events as death tolls rise.)

The number of reported human cases in Argentina is rising rapidly, and now stands at 1391, with 22 deaths.

And some researchers have found a decrease in the number of deaths of as large as 30 % before major holidays, followed by a rise of 30 % afterward, suggesting that people somehow fight off the inevitable until after the fun.

Currently, an estimated number of 700,000 patients die from infections with these strains every year — and this death toll might rise.

The nominations include a total of 47 eligible games that were presented during E3 2016, with only a select number of titles being ineligible for consideration (due to them not being playable at the event): Death Stranding, Destiny: Rise of Iron, God of War, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Prey and Spider - Man PS4.

Cue whole character origins being summarised into single music numbers, including the death of a parent, love at first sight and a poor man rising to the status of husband material.

The UK has one of the highest numbers of asbestos ‑ related deaths in the world, over 5,500 deaths per year and this figure is rising.

The new grants are part of the Department's Everyone Is a Pedestrian campaign to help communities combat the rising number of pedestrian deaths and injuries that have occurred from 2009 through 2012.

The move is being undertaken due to a steady rise in French road deaths since 2014, the numbers having fallen since 1970.

This is a good move to offer more safe cars considering the rising number of deaths due to road accidents.

It is the seventh leading cause of death in the country, with the total number of deaths from diabetes projected to rise by more than 50 % in the next 10 years.

He's examined recessions in the U.S., Canada and other industrialized countries going back to the 1960s, and he's boiled his findings down to a simple formula — a one percentage point rise in unemployment causes the death rate to fall by half a percent and the overall number of medical problems to fall 1.5 %.

«There is a lot of public concern about dog attacks, including the recent tragic deaths of young children, and about the rise in the number of so - called?

I think some of the latest estimates say there is more than a 1,000 confirmed deaths and that number could possibly rise to about 11,000 when this is all over.

There just isn't enough room for our growing numbers without accepting the reality death tolls, disease and potential refugee camps will also rise.

«And as we're talking today, Terry, the death count in Myanmar from the cyclone that hit there yesterday has been rising from 15,000 to way on up there to much higher numbers now being speculated.

According to Eurostat [PDF], the E.U.'s pocket - protector brigade, population numbers will rise gradually over the next two decades to about 470 million, thanks mainly to immigration, before falling by 20 million people by mid-century, when immigration will no longer be able to offset rising death rates and falling birthrates.

The number of deaths associated with dangerous air is likewise anticipated to increase as the number of urban dwellers rise and car numbers would approach 2 billion by the year 2050.

The impact of global warming on temperature - induced human mortality has long been a concern, where it has been hypothesized that rising temperatures will lead to an increase in the number of deaths due to an increase in the frequency and intensity of heat waves.

But the numbers of those who worry «not at all» are steadily rising, and therein lies the death of the scare.