Sentences with phrase «old population who»

Even though initiatives such as SA2020 and combined works of San Antonio's school districts have generated good results in addressing the dropout rate, 15 Bexar County ZIP codes have more than 30 % of their 18 to 24 - year - old population who haven't attained a high school diploma.

Not exact matches

But the short answer for anyone who doesn't want to buy a book is that the standard old - fashioned clinical trial is designed to answer a specific question about a population with lots of different specific characteristics.

These bad - news boiler rooms use the world's cheapest labor to reach a terribly skewed (and largely screwed) population of old, rural and homebound people who are also the only ones with the time and any interest in talking to them.

Assuming we're all taking about the same sin (Adam and Eve), in their own stories the entire population was wiped off the face of the Earth once (except for Noah's family, who apparently «God» had forgiven for the sin or he wouldn't have saved him); and then absolved of all Old Testament sins by «God» letting his own son (or himself if you think that way) get tortured and killed.

Anyone who sounds aggrieved or — in the case of Solnit's enemies — more high - minded and principled can always summon an avenging army of supporters from the vast population of Internet - dwellers unwilling to spend more than five seconds trying to understand the dispute at hand, but endlessly willing to get a quick hit of that old self - congratulation.

In order to carry out my mission to increase and multiply the lab animal population of the armed forces of the United States, I was placed under the direction of an eccentric old man (also named George), a civilian employee who....

We must also note that the large majority of those who migrated from the Old World to the Thirteen Colonies did so from other than religious motives and that as late as A.D. i8oo less than one - tenth of the population of what by then had become the United States held membership in any of the churches.

In order to carry out my mission to increase and multiply the lab animal population of the armed forces of the United States, I was placed under the direction of an eccentric old man (also named George), a civilian employee who had spent over a decade helping monkeys reproduce in that laboratory colony.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 27.3 % under the age of 18, 9.0 % from 18 to 24, 28.8 % from 25 to 44, 24.9 % from 45 to 64, and 10.0 % who were 65 years of age or older.

Next we heard from Mark Terry, who gave a compelling comparison of his old school district — a low SES urban district with a high ELL population, an 85 % free / reduced qualifying rate, and a high need for meal and nutrition education services — and his current district, which is more affluent with a much lower free / reduced qualification rate and a community of parents who have high expectations for student success and a healthy lifestyle.

My 5 year old too complains that more often than not that the food is too spicy and not just the» Wings of Fire» they frequently serve and I do feel like they are trying to cater to just the Latino population... I don't know who to voice my concerns to or if it will even be heard so looks like we will be brown bagging it still... at least i know exactly what goes in her lunch

Women who choose homebirth, according to Australian research, tend to be older and more educated than the general population.

Inclusion criteria were as follows: the study population was women who chose planned home birth at the onset of labor; the studies were from Western countries; the birth attendant was an authorized mid-wife or medical doctor; the studies were published in 1985 or later, with data not older than from 1980; and data on transfer from home to hospital were described.

On the one hand, the ANC have presided over 14 years of consecutive economic growth and totally defied those who predicted collapse; electricity now reaches 80 % of the population; 65 % of five year olds are enrolled at school, and social welfare assistance has increased four-fold.

In the county the population is spread out with 22.60 % under the age of 18, 11.30 % from 18 to 24, 28.80 % from 25 to 44, 22.80 % from 45 to 64, and 14.50 % who are 65 years of age or older.

The study found that most people who rescued were significantly older than the general population.

«As a field, we are starting to grapple with premature aging in the HIV - infected population, even in patients who are on therapy — their immune systems largely look like someone whose immune system is many years older,» Hunt notes.

According to Dr Chatterji, also from the Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems at WHO, «Collectively, we need to look beyond the costs commonly associated with aging to think about the benefits that an older, healthier, happier, and more productive older population can bring to society as a whole.»

But vets who were white, older, better educated and never married were more likely to take their own lives than were people in the general population.

«I would only suggest calcium and vitamin D for fracture prophylaxis in very high risk populations, such as much older people in institutions such as nursing homes, who get no sunlight exposure at all.

While prevalence declined, because of the growth in population older than 15 years of age, there has been a continuous increase in the number of men and women who smoke daily, increasing from 721 million in 1980 to 967 million in 2012, with a 41 percent increase in the number of male daily smokers and a 7 percent increase for female smokers.

This is the first study to show that sleep duration has increased among broad segments of the United States population (students 15 and older, people who are employed, and retirees) over this period.

According to 2006 U.S. Census Bureau data, Americans who are at least 85 years old represent the fastest - growing population and are expected to account for 2.3 percent of the U.S. population in 2030 and 4.3 percent in 2050.

«We see early aging in the group from the Chernobyl disaster — if we see a man from that group who is, say, 50, the medical examination might suggest he is 10 or 15 years older compared with a member of the population of Ukraine not influenced by the disaster,» says Anver Gasanov, deputy chief medical officer at the Research Center for Radiation Medicine.

The authors say game design elements — such as points, levels, and badges — and financial incentives may have contributed to the sustained use of the devices, but the results provide valuable insights for wellness programs, insurance companies, and other program designers who should consider testing new and more targeted engagement strategies to motivate older and lower - income populations.

«We were looking at the optimum way to evaluate people with chest pain and focusing on those patients who are generally older, have many risk factors for coronary disease or may have had prior health problems, basically the intermediate to higher risk population,» Miller said.

The study population was drawn from the Successful Aging after Elective Surgery (SAGES) study and included participants 70 years of age or older who were scheduled to undergo elective surgery with an anticipated stay of at least 3 days.

«It's a surprising finding and it implies that New World populations were not completely isolated from the Old World after their initial migration,» said Eske Willerslev from the Centre for GeoGenetics at the Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, who headed the study.

What we discover about voluntary muscle strengthening is likely to be applicable to other patient populations or frail older adults who suffer muscle weakness.»

The three oldest individuals dating to 2300 - 1800 years ago were genetically related to the descendants of the southern Khoe - San groups, and the four younger individuals who lived 500 - 300 years ago were genetically related to current - day South African Bantu - speaking groups, illustrating the population replacement that occurred in southern Africa.

We estimated the risk of death due to cardiorespiratory causes in the general population of 65 - 69 year olds from data from the Office for National Statistics.19 We assumed that this death rate was approximately that of the non-smoking population, because around 12 % of this age group smoke.20 We multiplied this rate by the relative risk of death from cardiorespiratory causes in lifelong smokers to estimate the number of deaths that would be expected over five years from cardiorespiratory causes in the general population of 65 year olds who smoke.

The team examined extensive national Swedish health and population register data and assessed children who were aged four to 17 years old born in the country.

While this survey was only conducted on older adults — who typically have a harder time sleeping than younger people — it has implications for the larger population as well.

I just gave my daughter - in - law, who is principal of an elementary school with a largely Mexican first generation immigrant population, and who has twin 11 - month - old sons, instructions on how to do a «clean room re-entry into their home.

The Okinawans who are primarily plant based had the most centenarians per capita; that is, the most people over 100 years old in their population.

In addition, she is trained in special populations including clients with osteoporosis, pregnant clients, younger clients, older clients and clients who may be working with injuries.

Kids are not just little adults, and growing children who are strenuously exercising have several defining physiological characteristics that make them different than the older population.

With a population skewing older (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that by the year 2030, one in five people in the U.S. will be over age 65), successful health and fitness pros will be the ones who are adept at providing successful programming to this population.

In fact, with 1 in 6 Canadians aged 65 or over, and with 55 - 64 year olds outnumbering those aged 15 - 24 for the first time, 2 the senior age group in Canada now includes a vast section of the population — many of whom are vibrant, interesting men and women who also happen to be looking for a second shot at love.

Here you will find a population of older men who have owned their own successful business, had successful careers and made the best out of their lives.

The 12 - year - long population - based cohort study used the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database's records dating back to 1999 to identify 431,178 people who were older than 50 and newly diagnosed with diabetes.

Other notable documentary subjects include Jean - Michel Basquiat, who commands the downtown NYC scene of the late»70s and early»80s in Sara Driver's BOOM FOR REAL The Late Teenage Years of Jean - Michel Basquiat; and Jane Goodall, whose original expedition to contact a chimpanzee population is brought back to life via 50 - year - old National Geographic footage in Brett Morgen's Jane.

O'Brien's Thomas leads the charge, working together with his current crew and some old enemies from the past, to save a friend who's been kidnapped by the evil WCKD group, who thinks he's the cure to the deadly virus that's already turned most of the world's population into zombies.

For PISA, the tested populations are certainly comparable, they comprise all 15 - year - olds who are enrolled, and on average these are 97 % of the 15 - year - old population across countries.

[3] The old conventional wisdom may be intuitively appealing because aggregate disability rates — with no adjustments for family income or other student characteristics — are higher for students who are black (1.4 times) or Native American (1.7), and lower for whites (0.9) and Asians (0.5), with Hispanic students about as likely to be identified as the rest of the population.

Who knows, 90 % of the population attending public schools could end up with larger class sizes, less innovation, less upkeep for their buildings, older text books, teachers who are paid at a lower rate, and in general all of the ingredients that accompany an inferior educatiWho knows, 90 % of the population attending public schools could end up with larger class sizes, less innovation, less upkeep for their buildings, older text books, teachers who are paid at a lower rate, and in general all of the ingredients that accompany an inferior educatiwho are paid at a lower rate, and in general all of the ingredients that accompany an inferior education.

These include: The Undereducation of American Youth, a study of the 16 - to 24 - year - old population in the 50 states; The Answer: Valuing Youth in Schools and Families, which presents strategies for communities, educators and parents working to keep young people in school and to educate those who have dropped out; and Hispanic Families as Valued Partners: An Educator's Guide, which provides background information about minority families and recommendations for involving them in their children's schools.

At City Academy, the targeted population is «primarily 15 — 21 year old students who are currently un-enrolled, underprepared, and at risk for dropping out.»

According to the Bureau of the Census, people between the ages of 20 and 29 move 16 percent more within a given year than individuals who are age 30 and older.22 To attract and retain young professionals into the teaching profession, the teacher licensure system must be brought into the 21st century to meet the demands of a more mobile population.

In cities, people were concerned that the old ward systems couldn't absorb the growing populations of immigrants and others who were flooding into schools.