Sentences with phrase «more than average risk»

With much of New Jersey covered in interstate highways and the massive quantities of traffic to the New Jersey Turnpike, there's a more than average risk of being in an automobile accident in the event you live in the state.

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Men employed in jobs with an average probability of being sexual harassed are paid 50 cents per hour more than men employed in jobs with no risk of harassment.

It all has to do with the near explosion of one of China's notorious wealth management product s — pools of allegedly low risk securities that return one average 2 % more than bank deposits.

In fact, they showed no more risk of developing metabolic syndrome [high blood pressure, high blood sugar, abnormal cholesterol and excess waistline fat] than the average non-workaholic employee,» reports Knowledge@Wharton.

What's more, those that fear being «caught» may avoid taking risks that could reveal their perceived inadequacies, or they'll settle for less, not believing they deserve better than mediocre results, mediocre talent or average opportunities.

When it comes to preparing for the long term, women face a «perfect storm» financially: They are paid less than men are on average, typically have more gaps in employment, engage in more part - time employment and are often more risk - averse investors.

Since I prefer to sell short stocks and ETFs as they are bouncing into resistance, rather than on their initial break of support, the stalling action of $ EEM as it bounces into resistance of its 50 - day moving average now presents me with an ideal, low - risk entry point on the short side (click here to learn more about my short selling entry strategy).

Logically, by taking more risk — in paying up to own «growth» stocks at higher multiples than the market average — one should expect to achieve higher returns.

For example, a risk index of 1.30 for a fund indicates that it is 30 % more volatile than the typical fund in its category and should therefore have a higher return than average.

U.S. stocks plunged on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sinking more than 400 points as rising government bond yields drove investors into risk - off mode...

The following chart, constructed from data in the paper, summarizes average equity return (ERP plus risk - free rate) estimates in local currencies for the 59 countries with more than five responses from finance / economic professors, analysts and company managers.

Yes the Index - linked fund is more susceptible to interest rate risk than the regular bond fund, but not by the nature of it being a linker, it's because the average duration is longer.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

Earlier studies have found that Catholics are generally more prone to take speculative risks than the average population, while Protestants are more risk - averse than the average population.

«No, I wouldn't say «I take more risks than the average person... We'll always do our research.

If only people knew that Millet are 5 times more nutritious than the average rice varieties, has a low glycemic index (studies show they benefit type2 diabetes), cost less, cook faster, aids weight loss, reduces risk of heart disease and more!

They found that people who drink two cups of coffee more than the average consumption rates enjoy a 44 percent lower risk of developing cirrhosis.

In fact, those living in remote areas are at greater risk of food insecurity than their urban counterparts as, on average, food is up to 50 per cent more expensive in remote communities,» he stated.

people who are at risk for the condition need to be that much more aware than the average person about their sugars and how it affects them.

Note that chicken and fish are sited as having more arsenic risk than rice and that the average diet includes as much as 1,000 micrograms of ORGANIC arsenic per day.

The proportion of people aged 18 years and over who consumed more than two standard drinks per day on average, exceeding the National Health and Medical Research Council lifetime risk guidelines, decreased to 19.5 % in 2011 - 12 from 20.9 % in 2007 - 08.

Together, households in the 4th and 5th quintile account for only 10 % of the total sample, yet consume 40 % of the total volume of alcohol, with an average apparent consumption above the recommended level for low - risk of harm over the lifetime (i.e. no more than 2 standard drinks / day over the lifetime).

With a permanent partner - in - crime at the ready, twins tend to hatch more harebrained schemes and take more risks than your average toddling disaster zone, making childproofing an absolute must.

The perinatal death rate in infants weighing more than 2500 g was higher than the national average (5.7 versus 3.6 per 1000: relative risk 1.6; 1.1 to 2.4) as were intrapartum deaths not due to malformations or immaturity (2.7 versus 0.9 per 1000: 3.0; 1.9 to 4.8).

Children on a gluten - free diet, or those who eat more rice than the national average, are at an even greater risk, because they have fewer options for diversifying their diet.

It has long been observed that people who develop Parkinson's tend to be more low - key and risk - averse than average, as if their innate dopamine levels have always been on the low side.

In an analysis of Medicare billing data submitted by more than 2,300 United States physicians, researchers have calculated the average number of surgical slices, or cuts, made during Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS), a procedure that progressively removes thin layers of cancerous skin tissue in a way that minimizes damage to healthy skin and the risks of leaving cancerous tissue behind.

Rheumatoid arthritis patients are likelier than the average person to develop chronic kidney disease, and more severe inflammation in the first year of rheumatoid arthritis, corticosteroid use, high blood pressure and obesity are among the risk factors, new Mayo Clinic research shows.

At 10 years after transplantation, the organs from donors with unacceptable / high risk provided each recipient with more than 7 additional years of survival on average.

Linemen are usually the largest members of a team, and they're getting bigger, now averaging more than 300 pounds — a heart disease risk factor in itself.

When older individuals» thyroid glands are more active than average, it may be a risk factor for depression, according to new research accepted for publication in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).

The Surgical Risk Calculator estimates the chance of these potential postoperative complications, compared with an average person's risk, for more than 1,500 different surgical proceduRisk Calculator estimates the chance of these potential postoperative complications, compared with an average person's risk, for more than 1,500 different surgical procedurisk, for more than 1,500 different surgical procedures.

It is more common than many people realise, has a major impact on the health and activities of individuals with the disease and it is associated with a significant risk of dying prematurely — reducing average lifespan by about 25 years.

During an average follow - up time of more than seven years, lithium treatment was associated with the lowest risk of rehospitalisation in mental or physical disease, with a risk reduction of about 30 per cent compared with no treatment at all.

Amid all the findings of concern, including the overall trend and disparities of income, education, insurance and ethnicity, the researchers did find one bright spot: Black men, who are known to be at higher risk for prostate cancer incidence and death, were more likely to report having discussed advantages and disadvantages than men on average.

And for most of the diseases the researchers studied, people who were classified as low - risk based on their genome still had a risk that was more than half that of the general population — thus, lower than average, but not exactly null.

Patients in the study averaged three such shifts, which meant that their risk of dying increased by more than six percent compared with patients with access to fully staffed nursing teams.

«People with depression also are at higher risk for suicide, which accounts for more deaths than car accidents, natural disasters and war each year on average.

People who ate more seafood than average — at least one serving a week — had a 30 percent lower risk of developing dementia than those who followed a diet relatively low in fish.

«Applying these 25 variants, we found that men in the top one per cent for testicular cancer risk were at a more than ten-fold elevated risk of developing the disease compared with the average — although that still adds up to only around a five per cent (one in twenty) chance of developing testicular cancer.

A man in the top one per cent of genetic risk had a five per cent lifetime risk of developing testicular cancer, more than 10 times higher than that of the average man.

They ran statistical analyses to uncover the risk of having two diseases together, identifying pairs of diseases for which the percentage of people who had both was higher than would be expected if the diseases were uncorrelated — in other words, a patient who had one disease was more likely than the average person to have the other.

[6] In the MSLT - 1 trial, patients with isolated nodal recurrence had more total lymph nodes involved by melanoma than patients randomized to SLN biopsy who had a positive biopsy (all of whom were to have CLND; an average of 3.2 lymph nodes involved with metastatic melanoma vs only 1.4 positive nodes, respectively; P <.0001), [2] and were more likely to meet established criteria for adjuvant radiation, [7] which further increases the risk of postoperative lymphedema.

Worldwide, lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer.1 In the United Kingdom, its annual incidence is second only to that of breast cancer, accounting for around 39000 new cancer diagnoses annually.2 In countries that have seen a high prevalence of smoking, around 90 % of diagnoses of lung cancer are attributable to cigarette smoking.3 The increased incidence from smoking is proportional to the length and intensity of smoking history.4 On average, a lifetime smoker has a 20-fold increase in the risk of developing lung cancer compared with a lifetime non - smoker.1 Lung cancer is more common in men than in women, closely following past patterns of smoking prevalence, and 80 % of cases are diagnosed in people aged over 60.2

Research from the Massachusetts General Hospital showed that those who consumed a large quantity of animal protein — especially if they ate more processed red meat than fish or poultry — had a higher risk of premature death than the average person.

Those who ate more plant - based protein, on the other hand, had a lower - than - average risk of death.

More people than ever are eligible for statins, including folks at «average risk» of having a heart attack or stroke, Dr. Gotto says.

Among these studies are studies on more than 19,000 children representing of 47,000 patient years of growth hormone treatment; a prospective study of 100 adult growth hormone — deficient patients followed for 1 to 4 years, a study of 910 children treated with growth hormone for 11 years, a study of 32 adults and children followed for up to 40 years treated with growth hormone (average 10.8 years); a study of 180 growth hormone — treated children followed for over 6 years with reduced cancer recurrence risk (RR 0.6); a prospective analysis of 289 growth hormone — deficient adults who, after 5 years of growth hormone therapy, showed lower risk of malignancy (RR 0.25) and decreased risk of myocardial infarction (RR 0.19) and early mortality (RR 0.22) compared with the untreated group.

Another study, published in the European Heart Journal, followed almost 20,000 Germans for 10 years and found that those who ate the most chocolate (an average of 7.5 grams a day — or a little more than a quarter of an ounce) had lower blood pressure and a 39 % lower risk of having a heart attack or stroke compared to those who ate the least amount of chocolate (1.7 grams a day).

Risk factors for developing gallstones include sex (more women than men), race (high rates in Native American women), obesity, high caloric intake, estrogens, low fibre intake, gastrointestinal tract diseases, alcohol, certain medications and age (average age is 40 to 50).