Sentences with phrase «in high income countries»

It has been shown that the environment is best looked after in high income countries and worst looked after in lower income countries.

And for the Ghana study, it's unclear how the findings translate to women in a high income country.

It is the leading cause of post-neonatal death in high income countries, but deaths are rare, and an individual baby's risk is low.

The study was carried out by the Vision Loss Expert Group, led by Professor Rupert Bourne of Anglia Ruskin University, and shows the prevalence and causes of vision loss in high income countries worldwide as well as other European nations in 2015, based on a systematic review of medical literature over the previous 25 years.

Consumer food waste carries the highest environmental impact compared to losses earlier in the food chain, and it is no longer a problem concentrated only in higher income countries.

Heart disease deaths have almost halved over the past 40 - 50 years, particularly in high income countries, thanks largely to the identification of the common risk factors involved and national public health initiatives, say the authors.

Meanwhile, major depression is predicted to become the leading cause of disability in high income countries by 20305.

They matter for kids in higher income countries — in the United States, measures of teacher preparation and certification are by far the strongest correlates of student achievement in reading and mathematics.

The introduction of the US dollar as the national El Salvadorian currency at the turn of the millennium obliterated the middle class, however, and prices in many tourist locations to similar to what you would find in higher income countries.

From 1990 to 2015, forest growing stock — which measures the volume of trees and rate of forest growth — increased every year by about 1.31 percent in high income countries and by 0.5 percent in higher middle - income countries, according to the study published today in PLOS ONE.

The report pulls no punches when it comes to coal, including a call for a global coal phaseout involving an immediate end to investments in new unabated coal - fired power plants globally and the retirement of existing unabated coal - fired power plants in high income countries.

Finally, the discovery and use of fossil fuels enabled humans to escape the backbreaking manual work that characterized earlier human civilization by allowing the development of modern economies with all the conveniences that energy use makes possible in high income countries.

In high income countries like Australia, cardiovascular disease and depression are the two leading causes of disease burden.

Psychosocial factors associated with the mental health of indigenous children living in high income countries: a systematic review.

Worryingly, if unsurprisingly, the agency found that the majority of those with the condition aren't receiving adequate care: in high income countries, it estimates 50 % of those with the disorder don't get treatment, while in low - income countries that number rises to 80 % to 90 %.

In higher income countries, we have known this was the case for some time.