Sentences with phrase «lower than in other countries»

Of course, an astute observer might also note that Russian life expectancy is considerably lower than in other countries.

«Upgrades will bring down production costs and increase the recovery rate of sugar, which is lower than in other countries,» she said.

The Algarve, Portugal, is the top retirement option in Western Europe for the retiree on a budget — the cost of living in Portugal is on average 30 percent lower than in any other country on the Continent.

Not exact matches

Not only is Chile's tax system easier to navigate than that of other Latin American countries, says Skinner, its corporate tax rate is the lowest in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Infosys, which employs more than 200,000 workers worldwide, was under the spotlight last year as President Donald Trump targeted the American H - 1B visa program that tech companies have heavily relied upon to temporarily bring in workers from other countries at lower wages.

(Despite America's love of a good rags - to - riches story, the data backs him up that social mobility is actually lower in the U.S. than in many other developed countries.)

The collapse, the third catastrophic incident at Bangladeshi factories in five months that have killed more than 200 people, could taint Bangladesh's reputation as a source of low - cost products and services and call attention to Western retailers and other companies that obtain products from the country.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

It could be that other countries» productivity gains in steel production have been greater than ours, or their labor costs are lower, i.e., our unit labor costs are not so competitive.

In the Fall Update, the government will not only be able to show the elimination of the deficit (something no other G - 7 country has achieved) one year earlier than targeted, but also to show a declining debt ratio, rapidly approaching the government's target of 25 per cent, the lowest since the 1960s

They will work for lower wagers than people in other countries.

Measures of inequality in the late 18th century are problematic, but the best scholarly estimates indicate that colonial U.S. had lower Gini coefficients than in other countries with measures of inequality.

In other English - speaking countries, interest rates that intermediaries currently charge businesses are generally higher than at their previous cyclical low point for the decade.

He said other countries «made their taxes lower — and far lower in many cases than ours — and jobs left our country.»

While governments like to boast of Canada's «low and competitive business tax rates,» the fact remains that Canadian companies now pay rates higher than those borne by their counterparts in most other OECD countries.

Using MSCI global real estate dataset, we find evidence that higher - value assets have been more likely to outperform other assets in the same country and sector than lower - priced assets.

In addition, many companies in those lands financed their domestic businesses by borrowing Swiss francs, euros and other hard currencies at lower rates than in their own inflation - prone countrieIn addition, many companies in those lands financed their domestic businesses by borrowing Swiss francs, euros and other hard currencies at lower rates than in their own inflation - prone countriein those lands financed their domestic businesses by borrowing Swiss francs, euros and other hard currencies at lower rates than in their own inflation - prone countriein their own inflation - prone countries.

The striking fact is that the Jewish rate is much lower than that of any other religious or ethnic group in the country, with the one exception of Americans of Chinese descent.

The report found, among other things, that 43 of the lower 48 U.S. states have set at least one monthly heat record since 2010, sea levels are expected to rise between one and four feet by the end of this century, winter storms have increased in intensity and frequency, and the past decade was warmer than every previous decade in every part of the country.

Only in this connection can we understand how a society that seems, if one considers its articulate and self - conscious classes, so intensely ideological can show such low rates of political and ideological knowledge and involvement when compared with other modern societies.15 The gap between intellectuals and masses, between conscious ideology and popular feeling, is probably greater than in most Western countries.

Until women and their families start expecting respect and look at themselves as the main player in childbirth we will continue to have higher maternal mortality rates than 33 other countries (according to WHO) and higher low birth weight rates than 23 other countries.

First, our results may not be generalizable to other study settings in Western or developed countries where breastfeeding is strongly patterned by socioeconomic position or in countries with lower breastfeeding rates than Belarus, where more than 95 % of mothers initiated breastfeeding at the time of PROBIT.28 Belarus, a former Soviet country, is one of the countries with the least socioeconomic inequalities as reflected, for example, in their low Gini index of 27 in 2008 compared with 42 in Russia, 45 in the USA and 24 in Sweden.

- A fair cap on household benefits - not one that costs more than it saves, and which takes account of housing costs in different parts of the country — with an independent body, like the Low Pay Commission, advising on whether the cap should be higher in high - cost housing areas like London, but potentially lower in other parts of the country;

In the «English cities», the new citizens identifying as British (who had often arrived on work or study visas from countries such as the Philippines and Nigeria) told us more than half their friends were of other ethnicities (although we did not ask them how extensive or deep their social connections were) but had low place attachment.

Take up of insulin pumps in the UK is «dramatically lower than in most other countries of comparable economic standing and level of healthcare provision» (Insulin Pump Report) and there is considerable variation on access to insulin pumps between different parts of the country..

The number of days lost to industrial action is historically low and less than in many other countries,» he said.

UK asylum support rates are lower than in many other European countries.

Life expectancy was increasing in all parts of the country, he said, adding: «In Scotland, for example, where life expectancy has been lower, longevity is now expected to improve faster than in other parts of the UK.&raquin all parts of the country, he said, adding: «In Scotland, for example, where life expectancy has been lower, longevity is now expected to improve faster than in other parts of the UK.&raquIn Scotland, for example, where life expectancy has been lower, longevity is now expected to improve faster than in other parts of the UK.&raquin other parts of the UK.»

He will say Labour would reverse the coalition's proposed cut in corporation tax from 21 % to 20 % but commit to keeping it lower than any other G7 country.

Yet social mobility in Britain today is lower than it was a generation ago — and lower than in almost all other European countries.

· Families in Wales pay more for childcare than in any other country in Europe except for Switzerland and many parents on low and middle incomes are forced to choose between paying high childcare costs, reducing their hours or giving up work completely.

Rates of deaths for all ages are still comparatively high, but they are leveling off, while rates for the young generation of UK women are lower than in most other large EU countries.»

Because its level of income disparity is relatively low, the effects of health taxes are less hard on the poor than in many other countries.

So the true prevalence of asthma in India or other countries could be higher or lower than current estimates.

Belief: The quality of healthcare is much lower in the U.S. than in other countries.

While writing his dissertation at Oxford in the mid-1980s, he saw residents of some low - income countries — China, Costa Rica, Sri Lanka and the state of Kerala in India — repeatedly trumpeted as healthier than others and, in terms of mortality rate improvement, doing even better than those in many wealthy Western nations.

Although, by international standards, the UK has very low rates of deaths in children, the figures show that within western Europe, the UK has a higher rate of deaths in children than nearly every other country in the region.

She added that these results from a national cohort study are likely to be similar in other populations, although Denmark itself had a lower twin rate than many other countries between 1995 and 2000.

Average life expectancy is the United States is lower than in other wealthy countries, Mehta points out, a fact that's often attributed to the U.S. health care system.

In 1975, Rowland Philips compared Seventh - Day Adventists physicians, who do not eat meat, with non-Seventh Day Adventist physicians, and found that the vegetarian doctors had higher rates of gastrointestinal and colon - rectal cancer deaths.10 National Cancer Institute data show that Argentina, with very high levels of beef consumption, has significantly lower rates of colon cancer than other western countries where beef consumption is considerably lower.11 A 1997 study published in the International Journal of Cancer found that increased risk of colon and rectal cancer was positively associated with consumption of bread, cereal dishes, potatoes, cakes, desserts and refined sugars, but not with eggs or meat.12 And a 1978 study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found no greater risk of colon cancer, regardless of the amounts of beef or other meats ingested.13 The study also found that those who ate plenty of cruciferous vegetables, such as cabbage, Brussels sprouts and broccoli, had lower rates of colon canceIn 1975, Rowland Philips compared Seventh - Day Adventists physicians, who do not eat meat, with non-Seventh Day Adventist physicians, and found that the vegetarian doctors had higher rates of gastrointestinal and colon - rectal cancer deaths.10 National Cancer Institute data show that Argentina, with very high levels of beef consumption, has significantly lower rates of colon cancer than other western countries where beef consumption is considerably lower.11 A 1997 study published in the International Journal of Cancer found that increased risk of colon and rectal cancer was positively associated with consumption of bread, cereal dishes, potatoes, cakes, desserts and refined sugars, but not with eggs or meat.12 And a 1978 study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found no greater risk of colon cancer, regardless of the amounts of beef or other meats ingested.13 The study also found that those who ate plenty of cruciferous vegetables, such as cabbage, Brussels sprouts and broccoli, had lower rates of colon cancein the International Journal of Cancer found that increased risk of colon and rectal cancer was positively associated with consumption of bread, cereal dishes, potatoes, cakes, desserts and refined sugars, but not with eggs or meat.12 And a 1978 study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found no greater risk of colon cancer, regardless of the amounts of beef or other meats ingested.13 The study also found that those who ate plenty of cruciferous vegetables, such as cabbage, Brussels sprouts and broccoli, had lower rates of colon cancein the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found no greater risk of colon cancer, regardless of the amounts of beef or other meats ingested.13 The study also found that those who ate plenty of cruciferous vegetables, such as cabbage, Brussels sprouts and broccoli, had lower rates of colon cancer.

The US actually has low cancer mortality and rates have fallen more quickly there than in other countries.

Countries in the east typically have lower rates of cancer and other chronic diseases than the United States.

Drawing from math test scores from PISA 2009 in which the United States performed lower than the OECD average, the report argues that while demand for STEM labor is predicted to increase over the next few decades, a shortage of STEM labor in the United States, along with inadequate performance in science, math, and reading compared to other countries, endangers U.S. future competitiveness and innovation.

Results from the 2016 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), released on 5 December, show Australia's average score was lower than those of 13 other countries, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Northern Ireland and England, which all tested in English, as well as other top - performing countries the Russian Federation, Finland and Poland.

While many affluent suburban districts have lower achievement than we might expect, some districts are producing very high achievement even when compared with that of students in other developed countries.

The next question is whether U.S. students from low - income families are lower - scoring than those in other countries.

That is especially remarkable given that students in the South Bronx have a history of scoring lower on reading and writing tests than any other students in the country.

American teenagers scored lower in science than students in a majority of other industrialized countries participating in a prominent international exam, in results that testing officials said they released early after the scores unexpectedly slipped out abroad.

Fifteen - year - old U.S. students ranked lower, on average, than their peers in 16 other countries, including those in Finland, Canada, Japan, the Czech Republic, and Ireland, out of 30 total industrialized nations, on the 2006 Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA.

Jonathan Goodman, a professor of mathematics at the Courant Institute at New York University, found exactly that: «The proposed Common Core standard is similar in earlier grades but has significantly lower expectations with respect to algebra and geometry than the published standards of other countries.»