Approximately five
per cent of the population suffers from irregular heartbeat, affecting around 12 per cent of people over 60.
Not exact matches
During the decade
of the 60s the UUA
suffered a net membership loss
of 4.4
per cent as compared to
population growth.
The new rules ushered in earlier this year from Brussels may well incur incremental costs for bakers and snack manufacturers, but with one
per cent of the UK's
population potentially
suffering from coeliac disease, the market for foods with the gluten sliced out holds considerable potential.
But with one
per cent of the UK's
population potentially
suffering from coeliac disease, an intolerance to gluten, the market for foods with the gluten sliced out holds considerable potential.
those who
suffer from coeliac disease, estimated to affect approximately one
per cent of the
population, and
Over two billion people, or 30
per cent of the world's
population,
suffer from iron deficiency with symptoms ranging from poor mental development in children to depressed immune function and anemia.
It is estimated that 20 to 30
per cent of the Canadian
population suffers from a range
of allergies.
The prevalence
of mental illness among homeless individuals is much higher than the rest
of the
population, with more than 12
per cent suffering from severe mental illness, 11
per cent having mood disorders and close to 40
per cent reporting alcohol and drug addictions.
A survey in Nicaragua last year concluded that 2
per cent of the country's adult
population suffers pesticide poisoning annually.
The increasing rate
of extinctions, the rising number
of species
suffering population declines in the order
of 90
per cent (not just tigers, but sparrows and voles, too), the destruction
of rainforests, the pollution
of the oceans — the evidence is plain to see.
They should also feed directly in to the current Closing the Gap refresh process, which is reviewing targets to improve health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who
suffer disproportionately high rates
of incarceration, as do people with disabilities, who make up 18
per cent of the
population but a staggering 50
per cent of the prison
population.
Cancer
populations suffer a high rate
of psychological morbidity (35 to 45
per cent) and report high levels
of unmet needs.