Sentences with phrase «rate than that of the general population»

People of color are increasingly launching businesses at a faster rate than that of the general population.

Not exact matches

The report also points out that Dreamers start businesses at more than twice the rate of the general population, in large part because they are used to making ends meet without help from the government.

The organization's 2015 Military Lifestyle Survey found that female military spouses experience unemployment at nearly three times the rate of their civilian counterparts despite also demonstrating greater educational and professional experience than the general population.

Lest common sense fail to convince readers that surgery is not a treatment for a mental disorder, a Swedish study published in 2011 found that over the long term, 324 people who had undergone sex - reassignment surgery demonstrated an alarmingly high suicide rate and experienced considerably higher numbers of severe psychiatric problems than were present in the general population.

And when it comes to «family values,» we're weary of battles to «protect» marriage from gay couples, when so many young evangelicals have grown up in broken homes, witnessing our parents divorce and remarry at rates just as high as in the non-evangelical world (more than 33 % of marriages among born - again Christians end in divorce, the same as in the general population).

The AG's rate of expansion since 1989 has been even higher than the general population growth, the denomination reported.

With the divorce rate among couples using NFP being less than 10 per cent of that of the general population - whether NFP is used to facilitate or space births - there's no obvious indication of imperfection.

In a study of former NFL players, Guskiewicz found that suffering multiple concussions can make athletes more vulnerable to depression later in life and, last year, data revealed that retired NFL players suffered from higher rates of dementia and Alzheimer's than the general population.

Rep. Richard Hanna says Congress should help determine why America's firefighters have a higher rate of cancer than the general population, and what risk factors might be to blame.

More than 70 per cent of the prison population has two or more mental health disorders, and the suicide rate in prisons is almost 15 times higher than in the general population.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna says Congress should help determine why America's firefighters have a higher rate of cancer than the general population, and what risk factors might be to blame.

Evangelicals have lower science education and participation rates than the general population, suffer from a strain of anti-intellectualism within their ranks, are not always well served by a commitment to revelation over discovery, and possess undue trust in religious leaders — particularly in areas about which those leaders generally have little expertise, he said.

In HIV - infected adults, the combined rates of osteopenia and osteoporosis are as high as 90 percent in men and 60 percent in women, with related fractures 60 percent higher than in the general population.

In the latest trial, reported in the October issue of the Journal of Pediatrics, the vaccine prevented 70 % of severe diarrhea cases on American Indian reservations, where incidence rates are higher than in the general U.S. population.

The study found that of the 786 cyclists, 208 (26 %) had died by September 01, 2012 — an SMR of 0.59 and a mortality rate that is 41 % lower than the general population, said Dr. Jouven.

In 2013, approximately 42 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were smokers — a substantially higher rate than the general population.

The 11.5 % rate of anxiety disorders — such phobia, panic or generalized anxiety disorder — was slightly higher than in the general population (9 %), while the prevalence of other mental health diagnoses was similar to rates in the general population.

The rate of preeclampsia was also significantly higher, at 11.5 percent, than the 3.1 percent reported in the general population.

At least 14 of 600 employees who'd been at the plant for more than 10 years had developed prostate cancer — a rate nine times as high as that of the general statewide population.

The annual rate of new TB cases among the general population in Russia more than doubled in the 1990s to 88 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

«The existing totality of evidence suggests an urgent need to increase the use of varenicline in the general population as well as in those with serious mental illness who on average die about 20 years earlier than the general population, in part, because their smoking rates may be as high as 75 percent,» said Hennekens.

Similarly, people with mental illness are more than twice as likely to smoke cigarettes as the general population, with estimated prevalence rates ranging between 45 to 88 per cent among people with schizophrenia, 58 to 90 per cent among those with bipolar disorder and 37 to 73 per cent among people with a major depressive disorder, compared to a rate of about 20 per cent in the general population.

«Despite significant progress made in reducing tobacco use within the general population, individuals with mental illness smoke at rates approximately twice that of adults without mental disorders and comprise more than half of nicotine - dependent smokers,» according to background information in the article.

Previous studies have identified higher rates of cancer among patients with IBD than the general population, but these studies have lacked the population size or follow - up to assess trends in lifetime risks in childhood onset IBD.

Follow - ups at age 26 revealed that the kids with hallucinations had developed full - on schizophrenia at more than 25 times the rate of the general population.

Rates of premature death among drug abusers are up to eight times higher than in the general population, according to some estimates.

It is already known that patients with multiple sclerosis have higher rates of depression than the general population and that symptoms of multiple sclerosis arise from an abnormal response of the body's immune system.

Rates of depression following discharge are far greater for these patients than for the general population, according to the study.

Quite a bit of research has found a higher rate of a sensitivity to gluten among schizophrenics than in the general population.

Researchers in Sweden looked at more than 29,000 people who were diagnosed with biopsy - proven celiac disease between 1969 and 2007 and found 54 of them had committed suicide, indicating a suicide rate that's moderately higher than that in the general population.

Studies of college enrollment and graduation rates of scholarship alumni have shown that, despite coming from socioeconomic backgrounds associated with lower rates of college enrollment, Children's Scholarship Fund students enroll in college at an average rate that is similar to or higher than the general population.

There are several tailwinds that could propel private prisons to new heights: private correctional facilities house only a fraction of all inmates in the United States and the world, state and federal governments are more willing than ever to outsource prison management to a private company, and the number of incarcerated people continues to grow at a rate faster than the general population.

The new 2 -3-minute video modules, part of Zoetis» ongoing Commitment to Veterinarians ™ platform, are a response to the growing body of evidence that veterinary professionals worldwide experience mental illness, depression, and suicidal tendencies at a significantly higher rate than the general population.

Recent focus on veterinary wellness is a result of growing evidence that veterinary professionals experience a higher rate of mental illness, depression, and suicidal tendencies than the general population.

The Patronek - Crowe study found, however, that dogs who were adopted and then returned had higher subsequent adoption rates than the general population of dogs.

So the 26 % carrier rate does not reflect the chance of any golden retriever carrying the mutation and the 1 % Affected rate we've observed is very likely higher than what would be expected in the general population of Goldens.

According to the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs, the rate of addiction amongst lawyers is estimated to be 50 % higher than the general population.

(The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies has reported that suicide rates in Canadian prisons are seven times higher than in the general population, and that 22 per cent of prisoners who were found to have committed suicide did so while in segregation.)

There are a number of trends currently facing the legal profession (increased client sophistication, fee pressures, stagnant growth, the number of lawyers growing at a faster rate than the general population, succession planning needs and an increased emphasis on non-traditional skills — see the CBA Futures Report for a more fulsome list) that make the traditional practice model difficult (impossible?)

The rate of suicides for prisoners awaiting trial is seven and a half times greater than in the general population, and six times greater for those already sentenced.

In Canada, aborigines suffer far higher rates of unemployment, homelessness, incarceration and suicide than the general population.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the crash rate for 16 - year - olds is almost nine times greater than the general population of drivers.

Arlington Heights car insurance rates may be higher than average because of the relatively high population density and the general economic conditions in the area, but local residents still have a need to save money where they can to minimize their car insurance costs.

Studies show that the rate of anxiety and depression in adopted kids is more than double that of the general population.

It is difficult to compare our findings with studies of general population youth because rates vary widely, depending on the sample, the method, the source of data (participant or collaterals), and whether functional impairment was required for diagnosis.50 Despite these differences, our overall rates are substantially higher than the median rate reported in a major review article (15 %) 50 and other more recent investigations: the Great Smoky Mountains Study (20.3 %), 56 the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development (142 cases per 1000 persons), 57 the Methods for the Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders (6.1 %), 32 and the Miami — Dade County Public School Study (38 %).58 We are especially concerned about the high rates of depression and dysthymia among detained youth (17.2 % of males, 26.3 % of females), which are also higher than general population rates.51,56 - 61 Depressive disorders are difficult to detect (and treat) in the chaos of the corrections milieu.

77 % of Indigenous inmates had previously been sentenced to an adult prison (total imprisonment rate 13x higher than the general population)

The prevalence rates of depression and conduct disorder (each at 9 %) were lower in the primary care setting than those found in the studies of ADHD in the general population.

Children born to youth in foster care have higher rates of child welfare services involvement than the children of adolescent parents in the general population.

Alex, who is also one of the Hunter Institute's LGBTI Champions, said: «The rates of mental illness, suicide attempts and self harm for LGBTI people are consistently higher than much of the general Australian population which shows that while much has been done in improving the mental health and welling being of the LGBTI people ongoing work in this area is vital.

The Disruptive Behavior Treatment (Child & Adolescent) topic area is relevant to child welfare because documented research shows that children who enter the child welfare system, particularly those that are removed from their home, experience a significantly higher rate of mental health problems, including disruptive behavior than children in the general population.