Sentences with phrase «only average health»

Once you reach age 55, the costs for Option B are excessive even if you are in only average health.

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Out of that total, the average American spends only 20 hours in the health care system, he says.
In part, this stems from a lack of funding — on average, only 3 % of a government's health budget is spent on mental health programs.
But the average veteran [enrolled in VA health care] uses the VA for 34 % of their care, only 34 %.
While it is important to follow the price and volume action of broad market averages like the S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite, you should not focus only on these charts to determine the health of the market.
Ask yourself why, when only 53 % of the average US population is pro-choice, a full 77 % of medical health professionals in the US are pro-choice.
Average earnings continue to drop drastically, indebtedness, bonded labor, illiteracy, homelessness, health hazards have increased and a host of social and economic ills not only persist but are on the increase.
And all this while the government spent, on average, only twenty cents of every disposable dollar on human resources — education, employment, job training, social services, health, and fiscal assistance — but spent fifty - five to sixty - four cents of every tax dollar that congress has the authority to distribute, meaning minus entitlements, on the military.
They not only earn more, on average, but they also have more stable families, better health, and less chance of being arrested or incarcerated.
The World Health Organization and Unicef estimated the average maternal mortality ratios for 1990 as 27 per 100 000 live births in the more developed countries compared with 480 per 100 000 live births in less developed countries, with ratios as high as 1000 per 100 000 live births for eastern and western Africa.4 The WHO has estimated that almost 15 % of all women develop complications serious enough to require rapid and skilled intervention if they are to survive without lifelong disabilities.5 This means that women need access not only to trained midwives but also to medical services if complications arise.
Over the past four years, school aid has grown at an average annual rate of 4.4 percent, while the Department of Health's Medicaid program has increased 3.3 percent annually on average.5 To maintain overall growth of about 2 percent per year in total state spending, all other spending growth has been held to only 1.0 percent per year on average.
Now, researchers from Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) have developed a new model to quantify yellow fever dynamics across Africa using not only annual averages of these climatic measures, but seasonal dynamics.
Cash also points out that at $ 30 a dose, the vaccine is too expensive for many developing countries, where the annual health care spending averages only $ 5 to $ 20 per person.
Although teenagers need about nine hours of sleep a night on average, according to the National Institutes of Health, only 3 percent of students reported getting that amount, and 20 percent of participants indicated that they got five hours or less.
«Information only recently became available that made it possible to calculate the average return on investment for public health programs in California,» Brown said.
Across 10 different areas of life, adolescents with cerebral palsy only ranked their quality of friend and peer relationships as on average lower than adolescents in the general population, challenging the widespread perception that adolescents with disabilities have unhappy, unfulfilled lives», says lead author Allan Colver, Professor of Community Child Health at Newcastle University in the UK.
For average citizens like Susan, New York City offers only one publicly funded treatment option: the WTC Environmental Health Center (WTC - EHC) at Bellevue Hospital, a new program launched in January 2007 that will expand to treat about 6,000 New Yorkers with 9 / 11 - related health proHealth Center (WTC - EHC) at Bellevue Hospital, a new program launched in January 2007 that will expand to treat about 6,000 New Yorkers with 9 / 11 - related health prohealth problems.
The time we spend on sex speaks volumes about our collective sexual health: The average sexual act lasts only 7 to 12 minutes.
Taking into consideration that it only starts becoming toxic at approximately 150 mg of bodyweight (for a person of an average weight of 80 kg that would amount to 12g or 80 cups of coffee), caffeine has the lowest risk of causing any kind of health issues.
Not only is the average policy not enough to cover the cost of this type of care, but people don't take health - care inflation into account.
The Institute of Medicine's recommended daily amount of fiber is 25 grams or more, depending on gender and age, but the average American gets only 15 grams a day, says the Harvard School of Public Health.
According to the USDA and Health Canada, the average North American consumes only about 3.4 g of salt on a daily basis, which according to the latest research, suggests that most of us are consuming salt at the low end of the spectrum.
According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the average choline intake in pregnant women is only about 338 mg / day, while the daily requirement during pregnancy is 450 mg.
With the average doctor's visit lasting only about seven minutes, it's crucial that you go in armed with information and questions vital to your health.
Those women living in Asian cultures that appear to have improved health and longevity, well, they only consume, on average, 2 teaspoons of fermented soy per day.
Since you say you want to avoid taking too many supplements, you might instead keep a log of everything you eat for a week, look up how much of every nutrient in Paul's list of supplements you are getting from food on average, and supplement only those nutrients where you fall short of Paul's peak health range (or US RDA for those nutrients he does give a peak health range for).
«[T] his book is a must - read not only for the average health - conscious individual, but also for health professionals that are looking for solid evidence that supports an ancestral nutrition philosophy....
Upon approval, course credits are transferred to the Maryland University of Integrative Health transcript as hours only, and will not contribute to grade point average.
Regardless of which source you decide to use to supplement your protein, if you are of average health, size and moderate activity levels, we recommend an additional 15 to 20 grams of protein a day if on a juice only program of 15 days or longer.
The intake of dietary fiber among people living in Western countries remains low, and according to the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), it averages 17 g per day in the United States.24 Although patients with diabetes are advised to increase their intake of dietary fiber, in the NHANES study, their average daily intake was found to be only 16 g. 24 Why the intake of dietary fiber in patients with diabetes remains low — despite its well - documented effect of lowering plasma cholesterol concentrations — remains unexplained.
Men's Health website reports, «In the U.S., there's an average of only seven single women between the ages of 20 and 44 per square mile.»
The United Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization that publishes an annual «health rankings» of states, says that the Mountain State is 48th in the nation in «prevalence of obesity» in the population (only Mississippi and Alabama are fatter), but its 27.7 percent obese population is only five points higher than the national average, which is 22.8 percent Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization that publishes an annual «health rankings» of states, says that the Mountain State is 48th in the nation in «prevalence of obesity» in the population (only Mississippi and Alabama are fatter), but its 27.7 percent obese population is only five points higher than the national average, which is 22.8 percent health rankings» of states, says that the Mountain State is 48th in the nation in «prevalence of obesity» in the population (only Mississippi and Alabama are fatter), but its 27.7 percent obese population is only five points higher than the national average, which is 22.8 percent obese.
GM says comparably equipped models will increase an average of only 1.9 percent in 1991 because of higher costs - mainly for employee health benefits and production supplies, says spokesman Terry Sullivan.
The fund had only six equivalent positions: in the Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT; average weight of 54.4 %), iShares Global Healthcare ETF (IXJ; 28 %), iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF; 7.6 %; representing the fixed - income holdings), iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ; 5.7 %), Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU; 2.3 %; also representing fixed - income investments), and iShares North American Tech - Software ETF (IGV; 2 %; helping explain the remainder of the fund's returns).
According to the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), the average gym - goer only makes it out twice a week — a number that's likely inflated by the diehards who work out almost every day.
This A + + diversified health - care company has not only achieved the most consistent record of double - digit earnings growth of any company I follow, since calendar year 2007 the rate of change of earnings growth has accelerated to 12.8 % versus their historical average of about 10 %.
They only live 10 - 12 years on average (although that number does seem to be improving with well - bred health tested dogs).
I do not feel that pocket beagles will pose a threat to the overall health of the Beagle breed, as the educated Beagle breeder and buyer recognize that it is only a fad and not representative of an average Beagle.
Bug fixes are still update worthy (hopefully none exist) 5 Types of towers: - Arrow: Single target, attacks ground and air units - Cannon: Single target splash damage, attacks ground units only - Splash: Area of Effect (AoE) attack in radius around tower, attacks ground units only - Air: Single target shot that splits into two new projectiles, attacks air units only - Wall: Cheap tower for creating a path for creeps 3 Tower Elements: - Ice: Slow attack, long range, costly, applies slow to enemies - Fire: Fast attack, short range, expensive, applies burn to enemies - Normal: Average stats across the board, cheap 6 Types of Towers: - Normal: Basic creep that progresses slowly ahead with an average health - Armored: High health point creep that can take a beating, but is also very slow - Speed: Fastest creep in the game, but also one of the weakest - Flying: This creep will bypass your ground defenses and walls by flying from start to finish - Dividing: This creep will separate and split into smaller creeps until it is killed a total of 7 times - Parachute: You thought the Flying creep wAverage stats across the board, cheap 6 Types of Towers: - Normal: Basic creep that progresses slowly ahead with an average health - Armored: High health point creep that can take a beating, but is also very slow - Speed: Fastest creep in the game, but also one of the weakest - Flying: This creep will bypass your ground defenses and walls by flying from start to finish - Dividing: This creep will separate and split into smaller creeps until it is killed a total of 7 times - Parachute: You thought the Flying creep waverage health - Armored: High health point creep that can take a beating, but is also very slow - Speed: Fastest creep in the game, but also one of the weakest - Flying: This creep will bypass your ground defenses and walls by flying from start to finish - Dividing: This creep will separate and split into smaller creeps until it is killed a total of 7 times - Parachute: You thought the Flying creep was bad?
Temperatures often rise sharply in May before the onset of torrential monsoon rains but scientists say average temperatures are only likely to rise in the years ahead as a result of global warming, with damaging effects on health and productivity.
In contrast, plaintiffs prevailed in only 8 % of medical malpractice cases in Maryland (bearing in mind that most meritorious cases settle before trial) but the average jury award in health care error cases was $ 808,772.
We further estimate that it will require each health plan, on average, only 10 seconds to disseminate each notice.
So, it's not only being closer to the age of the average life span, but the increased number of health risks associated with being older that makes affordable life insurance for over 60 more difficult to obtain.
According to an analysis of premiums for silver tiered plans being offered on new government health insurance exchanges, Minnesota was the only state in the nation to have average monthly premiums of less than $ 200.
What's happening to premiums: 15.7 % average increase Participating insurers: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, Bright Health Other stuff to know: Bright Health is only available in the Birmingham metropolitan area.
If the idea of having to pay, on average, only 20 percent of your health care expenses out of your own pocket rather than 30 or 40 percent, appeals to you, then a gold plan will be a good match.
Each company uses a slightly different rating system, but the general approach is that the more health risks you pose, the higher you will be rated, until you reach a critical risk level that means you can only be insured through insurers willing to cover a higher than average risk.
Jobs for claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners and investigators will grow slower than the average occupation, only 3 percent between 2010 and 2020, with much of the growth coming in the health insurance industry, the BLS reports.
Guttmacher found that in 2015, only six in 10 FQHC sites reported serving at least 10 contraceptive clients in a year; this subset of sites are then counted among the nation's safety - net family planning centers.3 Second, client volume must also be taken into account: On average, a Planned Parenthood health center serves 2,950 contraceptive clients in a year, while an FQHC site providing contraceptive care serves 320.1
the use of funds pooling at a regional level, determined by reference to a nominal per person Medicare Benefits Sschedule [sic](MBS) / Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) contribution, which takes into account not only the national average costs of MBS / PBS usage by non-Indigenous Australians, but should also be weighted for the higher costs of servicing specific communities and the poorer health status of indigenous Australians;
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