Sentences with phrase «per capita costs»

While per capita costs of mass - produced items are low, because of the large numbers of people involved, the cost per issue or per program is normally high.

The per capita cost of obesity and its related risk to diabetes was as high as $ 17,000 for people whose BMI (body mass index) was over 40 (morbid obesity) compared to those employees of normal weight.

These men and women inevitably develop age - related medical problems as they grow old, raising their annual per capita cost of incarceration to $ 69,000.

«'' he's going to force the state legislature, which has bankrupted the state, to come in every day at a much higher per capita cost.

«The average per capita cost for terrestrial rabies including PEPs, specimen preparation / shipment, and pet vaccination clinics was $ 0.32, with a range of $ 0.10 to $ 0.77.»

If the recent estimate of the cost of the Iraq War is correct, at $ 3 trillion, the per capita cost for Americans works out to $ 10,000.

Cyber crime has a $ 1,088 per capita cost for small businesses.

Not exact matches

Ookla's Net Index ranks Canada 20th in relative cost of broadband — or the price of a subscription divided by a nation's gross domestic product per capita.

There is no such thing as a «free,» of course, but the per - capita cost of healthcare in the UK (paid by the government via tax collections) is generally lower than the US, according to the World Health Organization.

It would base all future Medicaid grants on a fixed formula of per - capita payments tied to annual inflation in medical costs.

The study ranked urban centers — excluding the larger metro areas — using three factors: local business environment (length of the average workweek, revenue growth, industry variety), access to resources (financing and the amount of venture capital investment made per capita), and costs (office space affordability, labor costs, corporate taxes, and cost of living).

The site rated the locations on 18 key metrics across three different categories: Business Environment (including average revenue growth per business, start - ups per capita and average length of work week and commute times), Access to Resources (number of working age, college - educated residents in the area, etc.) and Business Costs (cost of living, office space affordability and others).

Let's consider what that costs: The average annual out - of - pocket medical spending per capita in the U.S. was $ 1,054 as of 2015, the most - recent data available from Peterson - Kaiser, a partnership between the Peterson Center on Healthcare and the Kaiser Family Foundation.

We're located in the research triangle park of North Carolina, an area known for its top tier universities, unusual abundance of PhDs per capita, low cost of living, and supportive community.

He knows how much the different versions of the first edition of Ulysses cost in francs, pounds, and dollars, how much Eliot received from all sources for publishing The Waste Land and how that compares with the per capita income of the United States at the time, and how much Ezra Pound's first book had increased in value by 1924.

Currently New York is one of the states to offer all mandatory and optional services to Medicaid recipients, which many critics blame for New York having the highest Medicaid costs per capita in the United States.

For example, per capita Medicaid costs for children are very different from those for the elderly.

He then suggests that the MoJ's open admission that reducing cost - per - capita is a primary motivation for the warehouse plan.

Most analysis usually indicates far more (especially expensive end - of - life and complicated surgical and high end pharma) services in USA, which are some of the factors contributing to per - capita healthcare costs.

The report draws on government and trade statistics, academic evidence and economic theory to challenge arguments that the health and social benefits of reducing alcohol consumption are likely to come at a cost to the economy, finding: · Any reduction in employment and income resulting from lower spending on alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's Budget.

Finally the impact of the new net spending, fresh overheads, administrative overreach, additional costs of controls, leakages, and the second - order effects of these parameters was assessed on key macroeconomic variables such as inflation, GDP - per - capita growth, debt service - to - revenue ratio, exchange rate, import cover, interest rates and credit dynamics.

He said per capita pension costs are now higher than salaries for uniformed workers and teachers and pension costs increased by $ 600 million this year «and it's getting worse.»

The number of U.S. medical students choosing careers in family practice plummeted by more than 50 percent in just the last eight years, but ironically, the more specialists there are in a state per capita, the lower the quality rank of medical care in that state and the higher the cost.

For instance, average inpatient days for blood cancers varied from 8 in France to 48 in Greece; and the average healthcare costs in Finland were nearly twice as high as in Belgium ($ 18014 vs $ 9596), despite both countries having similar national income per capita.

The National Institute for Labor Relations Research reported that in 2011, when disposable personal income — personal income minus taxes — was adjusted for differences in living costs, the seven states with the lowest incomes per capita (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Maine, Oregon, Vermont, and West Virginia) lack Right to Work laws.

Overall, the cost of living - adjusted disposable income per capita for Right to Work states in 2011 was more than $ 36,800, or roughly $ 2200 higher than the average for forced - unionism states.

In the early years of the summer - school program, about 700,000 students enrolled at the relatively low cost of $ 2 billion, for a per - capita cost of $ 2,000 to $ 3,000 (all in 2011 dollars).

Fiels noted that the $ 79 subscription for the Amazon Prime service (not to mention the cost of the ereader itself) was $ 40 more than the average per capita library support, based on 2009 figures.

Unfortunately for residents who suffer from asthma and other air pollution - related illnesses, it has the highest per capita medical costs of any city in the nation, at $ 8,295 per year, according to Bundle.com.

All of these things can result in disproportionately higher costs per capita for singles than married couples.

Although medical treatment for pollution - related illnesses is never cheap, in New York, per capita medical costs topped $ 6,500 annually in 2011, the third highest in the nation, according to Bundle.com.

By taking the beer tax and the number of bars per capita into account, we have offered up lower - cost drinking areas.

In the four years before President Macri's arrival, the Argentine economy grew at a paltry 1.6 % rate per year — meaning that, in per capita terms, it didn't grow at all... Consumer inflation, on the other hand, averaged almost 30 % per year... At the end of May, the government announced a plan to increase public pensions and devolve tax revenues to the provinces that, if implemented (which is almost certain), will cost the national government a significant amount of money and make meeting primary deficit targets... all but impossible to achieve.

Using 21 variables, including the pet - friendliness of the rental market; average home size; preponderance of single - family detached homes (in other words, housing likely to have a yard for the dog); the cost per capita of veterinary care; local animal protection laws; and the availability of dog parks and other outdoor spaces and, of course, the number of pet - friendly restaurants, NYC landed near the bottom of the top 100.

I understand why China and India believe «any extra costs for them to divert from established trajectories for carbon dioxide emissions as they pursue prosperity must be covered by the established industrial powers, which still have many times greater emissions on a per - capita basis».

Essentially, China and India, the emerging giants in the global greenhouse, are saying that any extra costs for them to divert from established trajectories for carbon dioxide emissions as they pursue prosperity must be covered by the established industrial powers, which still have many times greater emissions on a per - capita basis and spent a century freely adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere in building their wealth.

But a quick summary of some of my thoughts: I think a case can be made for some combination of equal per - capita payback and tax reduction, but the rationale for this must be that this somehow compensates for the costs of global warming or adaptation to that; as much of this occurs in the future (with different people), this is private sector economic investment to boost the economy now so that it may make itself more robust in the future -LRB-?).

With rising population (At 6.7 Billion biology is certainly coping well enough to support discussion like this) & rising energy costs destined to lead to a dramatic collapse in global per capita energy input the likelihood of a destructive human consiousnee inversion is very high.

Another argument for outsize action by the established industrial powers, even if it costs more, is that they still dominate emissions, by far, on a per capita basis, as I explored here not long ago.

The potential impacts and sectors demanding prioritized adaptation have been identified in this study and the, associated, costs of adaptation have been estimated utilizing three diverse modeling methodologies — using GDP projections, per - capita figures and «flood» disaster modeling.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local valuper cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local valuper cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local valuPer capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local valuper cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

Cost at least $ 10 billion per year for additional natural gas purchases alone, the equivalent of 343,000 salaries of jobs paying South Korea's per capita annual average salary of $ 29,125;

Operating cost for electric cars is $ 0.50 to $ 0.75 per mile versus $ 0.10 for gasoline powered cars once battery replacement costs are included By 2020, Chinese PER CAPITA emissions will be higher than America's Does not believe that the 0.6 degree temperature rise to date is the West's «fault,» but does believe that China is the future problem Whatever U.S. does about emissions reduction and what people do as individuals is totally trivial in face of the fact that China is adding huge amounts of coal fired generating capacity The most meaningful emissions reduction strategy today would be to convert China from coal to natural gas The claim that there are more frequent or more intense hurricanes and tornadoes as a result of AGW is not scientifically supported We can reduce emissions, but it is important that we do the RIGHT things (and NOT the WRONG ones) Not worried about «peak oil;» coal can be converted to liquid fper mile versus $ 0.10 for gasoline powered cars once battery replacement costs are included By 2020, Chinese PER CAPITA emissions will be higher than America's Does not believe that the 0.6 degree temperature rise to date is the West's «fault,» but does believe that China is the future problem Whatever U.S. does about emissions reduction and what people do as individuals is totally trivial in face of the fact that China is adding huge amounts of coal fired generating capacity The most meaningful emissions reduction strategy today would be to convert China from coal to natural gas The claim that there are more frequent or more intense hurricanes and tornadoes as a result of AGW is not scientifically supported We can reduce emissions, but it is important that we do the RIGHT things (and NOT the WRONG ones) Not worried about «peak oil;» coal can be converted to liquid fPER CAPITA emissions will be higher than America's Does not believe that the 0.6 degree temperature rise to date is the West's «fault,» but does believe that China is the future problem Whatever U.S. does about emissions reduction and what people do as individuals is totally trivial in face of the fact that China is adding huge amounts of coal fired generating capacity The most meaningful emissions reduction strategy today would be to convert China from coal to natural gas The claim that there are more frequent or more intense hurricanes and tornadoes as a result of AGW is not scientifically supported We can reduce emissions, but it is important that we do the RIGHT things (and NOT the WRONG ones) Not worried about «peak oil;» coal can be converted to liquid fuel

The result is relatively higher adaptation and disaster risk reduction costs per capita in countries with small populations and areas, especially those that are also geographically isolated, have a poor resource base and high transport costs

-- Muller believes humans are changing climate with CO2 emissions — humans have been responsible for «most» of a 0.4 C warming since 1957, almost none of the warming before then — IPCC is in trouble due to sloppy science, exaggerated predictions; chairman will have to resign — the «Climategate» mails were not «hacked» — they were «leaked» by an insider — due to «hide the decline» deception, Muller will not read any future papers by Michael Mann — there has been no increase in hurricanes or tornadoes due to global warming — automobiles are insignificant in overall picture — China is the major CO2 producer, considerably more than USA today — # 1 priority for China is growth of economy — global warming is not considered important — China CO2 efficiency (GDP per ton CO2) is around one - fourth of USA today, has much room for improvement — China growth will make per capita CO2 emissions at same level as USA today by year 2040 — if it is «not profitable» it is «not sustainable» — US energy future depends on shale gas for automobiles; hydrogen will not be a factor — nor will electric cars, due to high cost — Muller is upbeat on nuclear (this was recorded pre-Fukushima)-- there has been no warming in the USA — Muller was not convinced of Hansen's GISS temperature record; hopes BEST will provide a better record.

Connection costs were also reduced from 846 percent of income per capita in 2013/14 to 187 percent in 2015/16.

It shows that «renewable» capacity per capita explains 84 percent of electricity cost variations between countries in Western Europe.

The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change (2006) estimates that the international costs of unabated climate change is already at least five percent of global per capita GDP and will continue at this rate into the future, with estimates rising to 20 percent of GDP or more when accounting for a wider range of impacts.

Thirty years ago in international agriculture economics I learn this formula: Average per capita income in developing countries divided by cost per calorie of basic food stuffs equals x.

Disaster costs are reducing per GDP per capita: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/disasters-cost-more-than-ever-but-not-because-of-climate-change/.