Sentences with phrase «higher than in the general population»

It thus appears that even those, such as Father Nugent, who have reason to accentuate the prevalence of homosexuality allow that the ratio of homosexuality in the priesthood is not that much higher than in the general population.

«In our study, infants with DP who were the product of a multiple - birth pregnancy were disproportionately higher than in the general population and greater than in previous studies,» Oh said.

Unintended pregnancy rates among women with substance use disorders are approximately 80 %, considerably higher than in the general population.

More than 70 per cent of the prison population has two or more mental health disorders, and the suicide rate in prisons is almost 15 times higher than in the general population.

A similar study that specifically addressed the relationship between burnout and suicidal thoughts found half of the 4287 surveyed medical students were feeling burned out and 11 % had thought about suicide in the previous year, a figure substantially higher than that in the general population.

In HIV - infected adults, the combined rates of osteopenia and osteoporosis are as high as 90 percent in men and 60 percent in women, with related fractures 60 percent higher than in the general population.

The 11.5 % rate of anxiety disorders — such phobia, panic or generalized anxiety disorder — was slightly higher than in the general population (9 %), while the prevalence of other mental health diagnoses was similar to rates in the general population.

The investigators found that 32 % of patients experienced at least one clinically meaningful mental health issue (defined in the study as a mental health disorder)-- a prevalence higher than in the general population, in which 18 - 20 % are estimated to have a clinically meaningful mental disorder.

Rates of premature death among drug abusers are up to eight times higher than in the general population, according to some estimates.

With cost taken out of the equation, more than three - quarters of the participants opted for an IUD or implant — a proportion roughly 10 times higher than in the general population.

Researchers in Sweden looked at more than 29,000 people who were diagnosed with biopsy - proven celiac disease between 1969 and 2007 and found 54 of them had committed suicide, indicating a suicide rate that's moderately higher than that in the general population.

In one study, out of 210 patients with metabolic syndrome, migraine prevalence was estimated at 11.9 % in men and 22.5 % in women — higher than in the general population (7).

The incidence of sudden death in this population was much higher than in the general population (9.6 % vs 3.9 %).

(The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies has reported that suicide rates in Canadian prisons are seven times higher than in the general population, and that 22 per cent of prisoners who were found to have committed suicide did so while in segregation.)

Between 31 % and 45 % of people with coronary heart disease suffer from clinically significant depressive symptoms, and 15 % — 20 % of them meet criteria of major depressive disorder which is roughly threefold higher than in the general population.13 It is now well established that depression is related to the incidence of CVD and is also an independent risk factor for cardiac morbidity and mortality.

According to the WHO, suicide was the second - leading cause of death worldwide in 2012 among people aged 15 — 29 years.1 In addition, a systemic review reported a strong association between self - harm and later suicide, with the risk of suicide among patients with deliberate self - harm (DSH) being hundreds of times higher than that in the general population.2 The terminology surrounding DSH is, however, complex.

Not exact matches

At the same time, nearly one in four African American, Hispanic, and Asian business owners plans to apply for credit in the next 12 months, higher than the general small business owner population planning to pursue credit (15 %).

Similarly, the growth in the Aboriginal population is much faster than the growth in the general population and prices experienced on reserves are significantly higher than in urban centers.

I've seen figures that high, or higher, among drug users and prison inmates, but you are looking at less than 1/20 in the general population.

Lest common sense fail to convince readers that surgery is not a treatment for a mental disorder, a Swedish study published in 2011 found that over the long term, 324 people who had undergone sex - reassignment surgery demonstrated an alarmingly high suicide rate and experienced considerably higher numbers of severe psychiatric problems than were present in the general population.

And when it comes to «family values,» we're weary of battles to «protect» marriage from gay couples, when so many young evangelicals have grown up in broken homes, witnessing our parents divorce and remarry at rates just as high as in the non-evangelical world (more than 33 % of marriages among born - again Christians end in divorce, the same as in the general population).

The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risin our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risin many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risin the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risIn the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risk.

In a study of former NFL players, Guskiewicz found that suffering multiple concussions can make athletes more vulnerable to depression later in life and, last year, data revealed that retired NFL players suffered from higher rates of dementia and Alzheimer's than the general populatioIn a study of former NFL players, Guskiewicz found that suffering multiple concussions can make athletes more vulnerable to depression later in life and, last year, data revealed that retired NFL players suffered from higher rates of dementia and Alzheimer's than the general populatioin life and, last year, data revealed that retired NFL players suffered from higher rates of dementia and Alzheimer's than the general population.

It seems as if women are trading their low - risk status in for a nonhospital birth, and thereby actually becoming higher in risk than the general population.

Our results emphasised what is already known - that OSA is very common in patients with Type 2 diabetes, much higher than OSA prevalence in the general population.

And while young people in general tend to vote at lower rates than the population as a whole, the signs are that student turnout in 2015 will be high.

Large observational studies like the Framingham Heart Study have shown that in the general population, those with lower HDL are more likely to have heart attacks than those with higher HDL.

In the latest trial, reported in the October issue of the Journal of Pediatrics, the vaccine prevented 70 % of severe diarrhea cases on American Indian reservations, where incidence rates are higher than in the general U.S. populatioIn the latest trial, reported in the October issue of the Journal of Pediatrics, the vaccine prevented 70 % of severe diarrhea cases on American Indian reservations, where incidence rates are higher than in the general U.S. populatioin the October issue of the Journal of Pediatrics, the vaccine prevented 70 % of severe diarrhea cases on American Indian reservations, where incidence rates are higher than in the general U.S. populatioin the general U.S. population.

The SMRs were also consistent across all age groups, except for the age - group younger than 30 years in whom a non-significantly higher death rate was observed (SMR 1.65) compared to the general population.

Study participants had blood levels of BPA similar to those recorded in pregnant women but higher than those typically seen in the general population, according to the study, which was published in September.

Such younger siblings have a 1 in 5 chance of developing autism — 14 times higher than children in the general population.

In 2013, approximately 42 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were smokers — a substantially higher rate than the general population.

The rate of preeclampsia was also significantly higher, at 11.5 percent, than the 3.1 percent reported in the general population.

This risk appears to be lower among women in the general population (increase 31 %) than for women already at high risk of acquiring HIV such as sex workers.

These estimates are orders of magnitude higher than those for the so - called general population in Britain, but comparable with figures for certain other groups at high risk of infection, such as gay men attending clinics for sexually transmitted disease.

Almost half were not in child care — a higher percentage than in the general U.S. population.

«The existing totality of evidence suggests an urgent need to increase the use of varenicline in the general population as well as in those with serious mental illness who on average die about 20 years earlier than the general population, in part, because their smoking rates may be as high as 75 percent,» said Hennekens.

However, this study found that foods marketed to children that are often considered to be «healthy» foods, such as yoghurts, cereal bars and ready meals, were still found to be higher in fat, sugar and salt than those marketed to the general population.

We have previously shown that besides higher leisure time physical activity, the participants in Vasaloppet smoke less, have lower fat and higher fibre consumption and better physical and mental health than the general population.

The South Asian population in the UK has a higher incidence of diabetes and poorer health outcomes from treatment than the general population, but studies in the past have not focused on the role of social networks or assessed beliefs about diabetes to explore self - management behaviours in this population.

Results revealed that the median concentration of muconic acid in the urine of these 14 women was 2.3 times higher than in non-indigenous participants, and six times higher than in women from the general Canadian population.

«The elderly living in long - term care facilities have higher influenza exposure risks, lower immune defenses and a much greater likelihood of flu - related death than the general population,» said lead author David A. Nace, M.D., M.P.H., director of long - term care and flu programs in Pitt's Division of Geriatric Medicine and chief medical officer for UPMC Senior Communities.

Their median concentration of muconic acid was approximately 3.5 times higher in these women than in the general Canadian population.

These figures are higher than rates in the general US population (248 and 3,501 per 100,000, respectively).

In the years to follow, sociologist Julie Logan of Cass Business School in London showed that there is a higher incidence of dyslexia among entrepreneurs than in the general populatioIn the years to follow, sociologist Julie Logan of Cass Business School in London showed that there is a higher incidence of dyslexia among entrepreneurs than in the general populatioin London showed that there is a higher incidence of dyslexia among entrepreneurs than in the general populatioin the general population.

Fifty to 83 percent of people in prison smoke — substantially higher than the general population outside prison.

Previous studies have identified higher rates of cancer among patients with IBD than the general population, but these studies have lacked the population size or follow - up to assess trends in lifetime risks in childhood onset IBD.

A 2013 meta - analysis, combining much of the existing data, by Jim van Os of Maastricht University in the Netherlands and Richard Linscott of the University of Otago in New Zealand, found the prevalence of hallucinations and delusions in the general population was 7.2 percent — much higher than the 0.4 percent prevalence of schizophrenia diagnoses found in recent studies.

Previous research has shown that between 4 and 6 per cent of patients with CTE will also simultaneously show clinical features of ALS — that's 800 fold higher than the prevalence of ALS in the general population.

The HIGH population expressed pluripotency genes at a greater frequency than the other cell populations, and as with the previous analysis, Oct - 4 and DNMT3b were in general more uniformly expressed than were nanog, TDGF - 1 or GDF - 3 (Figure 3a — b).