Sentences with phrase «disproportionately high numbers»

We see disproportionately high numbers of men and women held in police cells, incarcerated in gaols, and significant numbers passing away from violence, illness or a combination of both while detained by the state this year.

Disproportionately high numbers of Indigenous women in Canadian prisons, many of whom are themselves the victims of violence and abuse

«We know that un-neutered male dogs are hit by cars in disproportionately high numbers each year,» he says.

Teens, young adults, and seniors over 75 die in disproportionately high numbers in auto accidents when adjusted for miles driven.

What I am saying is that ALL of the elementary schools in our sample that have disproportionately high numbers of foster youth are traditional schools.

Many school districts have disproportionately high numbers of children who need additional help such as children with disabilities, children from backgrounds of poverty or children of limited English proficiency.

Sheik, given your assertion, maybe you should ask Harvard Business School why they have such a disproportionately high number of Mormons in their ranks.

Christians are uniting at the end the annual Prisons Week to tackle the disproportionately high number of black people in prison.

I felt like I was getting a disproportionately low number of «likes», and a disproportionately high number of «dislikes», as were other women, in the thread.

These losses, however, have been partly offset by the number of people who have changed their affiliation to Catholicism (2.6 % of the adult population) but more importantly by the disproportionately high number of Catholics among immigrants to the U.S..

When discussing student performance on achievement tests, Barton notes that private or religious schools account for a disproportionately high number of National Merit Scholars and says that is because «one school utilizes religions principles and one does not.»

For example, if we did away with the individual mandate to buy health insurance, but continued to ensure that insurance companies did not discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions, then young, healthy people may forego health insurance, leaving the industry with a disproportionately high number of sick people, driving up the cost of health care.

African - American criminals make up a disproportionately high number of those executed.

Nelson's report corroborates a recently released study by the U.S. Department of Education that emphasizes the disproportionately high number of male S&E professors.10 The report also cites the salary advantage men of all racial groups enjoy over women.10 While the unadjusted salaries of African - American faculty members were lower than those of whites, when variables were controlled, the wage gap disappeared.10 However, the study cautions that the markedly lower numbers of tenured and working African - American faculty at doctoral institutions could obscure racially biased salary discrepancies.10

The disproportionately high number of nonresident alien S&E workers effectively lowered wages and stipends, which lowered research costs and wages, according to a report by Alan Fechter and Michael Teitelbaum5 and another report by David North.3 (Fechter is president of the board of the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology and Teitelbaum is vice chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform.)

A disproportionately high number of mendelian diseases are documented for the X chromosome.

The feeling is that a disproportionately high number of men end up in senior management while women simply aren't given enough support and therefore tend to occupy lower level roles on less pay.

Nationally, schools like Marshall — in the bottom 5 percent in a state — enroll a disproportionately high number of students in special education.

At the same time these same animals can also be shown to have contributed a disproportionately higher number of defective genes into the gene pool of their breed.

When NKLA was launched, we knew that addressing the disproportionately high number of kittens under eight weeks of age who are dying in the shelter is a priority.

Pit bull initiatives: Like cats, pit bull terriers comprise a disproportionately high number of animals dying in shelters.

Grocery stores see a disproportionately high number of slip and fall accidents due to their business; the shelves that line their aisles are necessarily filled with goods that can make their floors very slippery; from beverages to condiments to produce to seafood and many other products; these, and the ice and water used to keep them cool and fresh, can cause somebody to slip and fall.

Some of the lowest numbers of filings occurred in the BVI and the Isle of Man where alternative processes to petitions exist for creditors or shareholders, while Mauritius returned a disproportionately high number of filings, fuelled by a significantly larger population and domestic economy.

You have a disproportionately high number of high achievers assembled in an environment where good grades do not come easily and getting off to a fast start is very important.

According to confirmed FOP Susan Wright, founder of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, they are likely to include a disproportionately high number of lawyers.

Blacks make up a disproportionately high number of those inmates, he said.

The deputy head of a school with a disproportionately high number of pupils who are either adopted, or in care, has taken the lead in educating her colleagues» about attachment.

Though homeowners are gaining equity across the country, these areas still have a disproportionately high number of properties in the red.

Not exact matches

Perhaps the purchasers are mainly owner - occupiers, but there is also a chance that there is a disproportionately large number of new investors being pulled into the housing market with promises of high returns through such things as rental guarantees and negative gearing.

Although our study can not determine causation, we found that in areas where household firearm ownership rates were higher, a disproportionately large number of people died from homicide.

There is a large number of residents on Medicaid with poorer - than - average health outcomes who use the emergency room for primary care at disproportionately high rates.

Attorney Richard Washington, student Tyler Anderson of the Debate League and Paul Nichols argued that the numbers and percentages of investigations run suspiciously and disproportionately high among minority legislators.

The study found that tiger densities are 47 percent higher in primary versus degraded (logged) forests and that extensive clearing of pristine lowland forest has disproportionately reduced tiger numbers.

Only 2.5 per cent of grammar school pupils are eligible for FSM, compared to 13.2 per cent in all schools and the EPI found that grammar schools attract a larger number of high attaining non-FSM pupils from other areas, meaning there is a disproportionately large number of high attaining, non-disadvantaged children.

The high number of refugees and asylum - seekers create a disproportionately high demand of social services in South Africa and yield undesired demand consequences such as: social fragmentation, unemployment, and the continued possibility of tension and conflict.

Unqualified and inexperienced teachers are disproportionately concentrated in schools with the highest number of low - income students and students of color.

The upshot was that a relatively small number of students received a disproportionately high amount of the teaching and resources available.

A June 2014 report released by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) claimed that, «When teachers are absent 10 days, the decrease in student achievement is equivalent to the difference between having a brand new teacher and one with two or three years more experience... Worse yet, a number of studies have found there to be a disproportionately high rate of teacher absenteeism in schools serving low income and minority students, providing yet another obstacle to closing the achievement gap.»

``... the ecological and conservation significance of these kill tallies is difficult to contextualise, because (1) there are no reliable estimates of the total population of birds in Australia; (2) predation may fall disproportionately on some bird species; (3) some bird species may be able to sustain high mortality rates and maintain viable populations but others may not; and (4) as demonstrated here, there is substantial spatial variation in the numbers and proportion of birds killed across Australia.»

There's an under - bias in my numbers due to self consumption at power plants and especially because average emission factors understate emissions from older and smaller (higher heat rate and thus higher emissions) plants that have disproportionately been the ones shut down or not dispatched.

The capital offers more graduate property jobs than anywhere else, but the huge volume of applicants is disproportionately high for the number of positions available.

The pressing need to explore justice reinvestment in Victorian is largely driven by prison overcrowding (prisoner numbers up 42 % since 2004), disproportionately high percentage of Aboriginal people making up the youth justice and adult prison populations, record high re-offending rates of prisoners at 40 %, and the rocketing expenditure (over $ 1 billion last year).