Sentences with phrase «deaths increased slightly»

WASHINGTON — Opioid deaths increased slightly in Erie County last year, part of a continuing nationwide trend that Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer hopes to stem by insisting on more federal funding to combat the epidemic in a spending bill that must be finalized by the end of next week.

Opioid deaths increased slightly in Erie County last year, part of a continuing nationwide trend that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer hopes to stem by insisting on more federal funding to combat the epidemic in a spending bill that must be finalized by the end of next week.

Not exact matches

Last year's efforts, featuring the slightly more grim tagline «Make Death Wait,» was a runaway success resulting in 87 % awareness and a 20 % increase in donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

The AAP guidelines cite data that show home births are slightly less safe, with an increased risk of infant death of one per 1,000 babies born.

More than 32,000 people died on U.S. highways in 2011, and while the overall number of traffic deaths has declined in recent years, the number of distracted - driving traffic deaths has slightly increased, according to David Strickland, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

April 18, 2011 Elderly diabetes patients with very low glucose levels have slightly increased risk of death A new study of older diabetes patients has found that well - controlled blood sugar levels were associated with a lower risk of major complications such as heart attacks, amputation and kidney disease, but the very lowest blood sugar levels were associated with a small but significant increased risk of death.

Even though cardiovascular deaths were lower in the vegetable oil group, atherosclerosis slightly increased.

Bad thing: bicyclist and pedestrian fatalities have increased slightly, representing 16.3 % of all traffic deaths in 2012 compared to 2011's 15.6 %.

But while this «study stew» produced the appearance of a slightly elevated risk of premature death among high - dose vitamin E users, the reported «increase» was exceedingly small — too small to be considered reliable, particularly given the crudeness of the statistical method used to obtain it.

Per the study, taking azithromycin over five days appears to slightly increase the changes of death compared to in other patients that were taking other antibiotics.

Organizations like OSHA have done good work ensuring that construction companies enact certain baseline regulations to protect American workers, but since American workers deaths are increasing ever - so - slightly over past years, clearly more needs to be done.

In 2012 (the latest year for which there are figures), traffic deaths fell slightly but traffic injuries increased with pedestrian injuries rising at the highest rate in Napa County.

However, between 2011 and 2012 (the latest year for which there are figures), while traffic deaths fell slightly, traffic injuries increased in San Francisco County.

However, in 2012 (the latest year for which there are figures), the rates for traffic deaths (9) and injuries (229) in most categories, have increased slightly or remained the same over the previous year in Calaveras County.