Sentences with phrase «percent less»

After pooling the results of 27 trials involving 165,149 people, the meta - analysis reported that people are 21 percent less likely to suffer a serious vascular event such as a heart attack, stroke or bypass surgery after their cholesterol drops by the amount that might be expected after taking statins for a year than are similar people who do not take the pills.

Applicants who attended community college after high school before transferring to a four - year college or university were 30 percent less likely to be admitted, compared to those students who never attended a community college or only attended a four - year university to medical school, after adjusting for age, gender, race and ethnicity, parental education, grade point average and MCAT score.

29 percent less likely to have angioplasty, also known as percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI);

The country wasted 1 percent less energy in 2015 going from 59.4 quadrillion BTU in 2014 down to 59.1 quads in 2015.

In fact, much of the overall decrease in energy consumption can be traced to the shift from coal to gas, because modern gas - fired plants may use up to 46 percent less energy to produce the same amount of electricity.»

In addition, the electrodes absorb ten percent less electrolyte under normal pressure.

And get this: Nuwave uses approximately seventy percent less energy than a traditional oven or stovetop, so it's practical and efficient, too.

«Say we can make a milk jug where we use five percent less polymer because the properties are better,» said Coates.

Therefore, if one subtracts the outyear costs from DOE's request results in an adjusted FY 1998 total of $ 74.1 billion, which would be only 0.6 percent more than FY 1997, or 1.9 percent less after inflation.

It makes men on average only about 12 percent less likely to conceive, according to a study of 500 couples in China.

Steven M, or the 9 labour victories since 1945 only 2, have the Tories got 7 percent less than labour, and if the fact that labour did that little but less was a sign of the Tories not being, clear winners, then the Attlee, Wislon, gives shouldn't gave had a mandate,

The hydropower is provided at rates that are more than 50 percent less than current wholesale market prices in the State.

CITY HALL — City workers are paid 17 percent less, on average, than their colleagues in the private sector, according to a new report released Wednesday by City Comptroller John Liu.

Voters said they were 30 percent less likely to vote for an atheist; 27 percent less likely for a «born again» candidate; 24 percent less likely for a Mormon, 19 percent less likely for a Muslim and 16 percent less likely for someone who is overweight or obese.

She told lawmakers at a joint legislative budget hearing in January that it is a top priority, citing studies that indicate children who participate in high - quality preschool programs are 50 percent less likely to be placed in special education courses, 25 percent less likely to drop out of school, and 60 percent more likely to attend some college.

Landlords spent 41.2 percent less on fuel, thanks to low fuel oil prices and a mild winter.

As a result, the cost for a week of advertising when purchased by a candidate instead of a party committee is often 20 to 30 percent less.

Having gotten the WFP's ballot line, which otherwise would have gone to Ms. Teachout, Mr. Cuomo ensured that he would not have to fear a split in the balloting during the general election among Democrats, although disillusionment among the party's left wing accounted for his getting 9 percent less of the vote than in 2010.

«They want them there just as an ultimate level of security, but they'll be roughly 90 percent less polluting than the existing ones... With just the diesel generators you can only power a couple of lights and maybe one elevator but if you actually wanted to use this as a shelter for an extended period of time you would need the cogeneration plant,» he said.

Advocates say failing bus service is not just an issue of commuting, but also of equity — bus riders earn about 30 percent less than their subway counterparts, according to the city comptroller's office, and tend to be primarily immigrants and minorities.

De Blasio, the subject of state and federal investigations into his fundraising, collected 19 percent less cash in the second half of 2016 compared to the first half.

According to Rep. Brian Higgins, NIH funding last year, adjusted for inflation, was 22 percent less than 2003 levels.

It would allow developers to pay some union workers 40 percent less than average union wages.

Yet, many convention delegates defied the orders of their appointing authority and openly backed Yee, who received 45 percent of the vote — just three percent less than the current Assembly Speaker.

We are importing 90 percent less rice than we did three years back.

The conference says that between Oct. 1 of last year and March 31 of 2014, expenses in the Senate totaled $ 85.1 million — an increase of just under 2 percent over last year, but 7.4 percent less than budgeted.

These differences are likely to diminish after amnesty; therefore, immigrant children were assumed to use 25 percent less medical service per beneficiary during the interim period and 20 percent less during the full amnesty period when compared to non-immigrants.

LED lights use 40 to 80 percent less power and last six times longer than other types of roadway lighting.

The country will pay 37 percent less than the current cost after the renegotiation of the Karpower deal from 10 to 20 years, Nana Oppong - Damoah, a Communications Specialist at the Ministry of Energy has said.

The country will pay 37 percent less than the current cost after the renegotiation of the Karpower deal from 10...

A recent study by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence and the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that when such factors as education and work experience are accounted for, state and local employees earn 11 to 12 percent less than comparable private sector workers.

Residential consumers of electricity will from today [1st April 2018] pay 15 percent less than the tariff they previously paid.

The data supported that out of Newt's 1.3 million followers only 8 percent (2 percent less than claimed in recent media reports), are identified by our algorithm as humans, meaning Newt's follower count is really closer to 106,055,» continued Hussey.

It accrued some GHc 2.29 billion at an interest rate of 19.5 percent, meaning, the total amount received was about 22 percent less than the targeted GHc 6 billion.

The stocks continued a downward slide, trading at 7.7 percent less than its opening value as at 2:36 pm Nigerian time.

Higgins said Medicare is better than any healthcare plan available on the exchange, and currently would cost about 40 percent less.

The study also found these women are 30 percent less likely to breastfeed than mothers without health complications.

Twenty percent less of the stuff needed for making disposable diapers.

Reduced risk of interventions — studies have found that doula assisted births have 50 percent less chance of caesarean section, 40 percent less risk of a forceps delivery and 60 percent reduction in the use of epidural pain medication.

«If parents use 24 nappies and follow manufacturers» instructions to wash at 60 degrees C [140 degrees Fahrenheit] using an A-rated washing machine, they will have approximately 24 percent less impact on global warming than the report says,» said WEN's Ann Link.

Dr. Sears reports that babies who are worn by a caregiver cry and fuss 43 percent less than babies who are not worn by a caregiver.

During the four hours after a breastfeeding mother consumes an alcoholic beverage such as 4 ounces of wine, one mixed drink, or one can of beer — babies who nurse consume about 20 percent less milk.

That's a loss of 16 minutes — and is almost 40 percent less primping time!

Illinois would receive about 15 percent less than the current funding, according to the USDA.

found that children under 2 are 75 percent less likely to suffer severe or fatal injuries in a car accident if they are rear facing.

Not only did milk consumption drop an average 35 percent when flavored milk was removed, it said, but kids drank 37 percent less milk even a year or more after the move to plain milk had taken place.

A study done in 2007 found that children under 2 are 75 percent less likely to suffer severe or fatal injuries in a car accident if they are rear facing.

The cute - as - a-button Duux Air Humidifier Mushroom uses 80 percent less power than other models on the market and blasts cold mist within a second.

A study of nearly 3,000 women conducted by researchers at the University of Buffalo in New York found women who experienced morning sickness during pregnancy were 30 percent less likely to have breast cancer later in life.

Henderson revels in the challenge, employing red pepper, garlic, oregano, thyme and pepper to dial up the flavor for a slice of pizza that now has 40 percent less sodium than four years ago.