Sentences with phrase «states than the percentage»

In fact, the percentage of doctors who get disciplined or pay a malpractice claim is four times less in some states than the percentage in other states.

Not exact matches

In fact, across the Arab world, women now earn more science degrees on a percentage basis than women in the United States.

But it also looked at who's putting that knowledge into action, factoring in the percentage of state residents who held to good financial habits (like building an emergency fund), as well as bad ones (spending more than they earn or using payday loans).

And state and federal governments, after taking their percentage of the buy - in and assessing your winnings, end up with a lot more scratch than what the winner walks off with.

Stéfane Marion, chief economist at National Bank Financial, noted earlier this month Canadian factories currently are using 82 % of their production capacity, a historically strong number that is seven percentage points higher than the corresponding capacity - utilization rate in the United States.

Georgia ranks 17th for total taxes paid but 15th for taxes paid as a percentage of income because the median household income is higher here than in some states with lower tax burdens.

Colorado residents pay more in taxes — and pay a higher percentage of their income toward taxes, on average — than residents in more than half of the other states.

Wyoming residents pay a smaller percentage of their income — 17.7 percent — than residents in most states.

Taxes as a percentage of income in the nation's capital are about 21 percent, which is a higher percentage than in a majority of states.

In the post-Volcker period, for example, short - term interest rates in the United States have jumped by more than two percentage points within a one - year period on several occasions.

The states voting and holding caucuses saw half as many foreclosure sales — as a percentage of all sales — between 2008 and 2012 than states not holding contests, according to a new report from Trulia, a real estate company owned by Zillow Group.

Residents of the smallest state have a smaller percentage of their paychecks left over after expenses than residents of most states.

However, since homes there are also worth more than elsewhere in the state, property taxes as a percentage of home value are actually below the state's average.

«In the United States, there is the illusion that we can do without world markets, and indeed we export less as a percentage of GDP than you do,» points out Christopher Sands, a professor and director of the Center for Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

Previous comments have hit on probably most of why more affluent consumers in Canada shop at Walmart than in the States: a combination of fewer higher - end retailers in the Canadian market, more dispersed affluent areas, less stigma attached to the brand, and potentially a higher level of frugality all contribute to Walmart attracting a higher percentage of affluent Canadian shoppers.

I was now earning a six - figure, $ 100K income, which put our family in a higher percentage than most of the United States.

The unemployment rate has fallen less in NSW than in the smaller states, and it is now above the national average for the first time since the early 1990s, whereas Queensland's unemployment rate has fallen almost 2 percentage points to be the lowest across all states.

If passed in the Senate and signed into law by President Donald Trump, the measure will preempt state interest rate caps that now limit the annual percentage rates (APRs) on loans to no more than 36 percent.

- In the 10 reddest states, in which Bush got more than 60 percent majorities, the average percentage of personal income donated to charity was 3.5.

Patients displayed considerable heterogeneity in their ratings of health states relative to death... but significant percentages of patients rated each evaluated state of serious functional debility as equal to or worse than death.

One hundred thousand is less than one fifth of one percent of the Catholics in the United States, which might confirm some church authorities in their belief that that is about the percentage of Catholics supporting the agenda of the manifesto.

The new nation which arose to the north of the United States, in British North America, while much smaller in population than its neighbor, had a larger percentage which claimed a church connection.

In 15 of those countries, more women than men say this by margins ranging from 10 percentage points in Peru, Chile and the United States to 23 points in South Korea.

RA's «Use of Seal» Guidelines dated December 2007 (PDF) states that «Companies requesting to use the RAC seal on single - ingredient products with less than 90 % certified content should also agree to a SmartSourceTM plan: a step-wise approach to scaling up the percentage of certified content over time with specific benchmarks and timelines along the path of sustainability.»

Sexton's.661 completion percentage is not only better than Rix's -LRB-.515) but also better than that of any other sophomore quarterback in Florida State history.

In theory, because of his height and position, Motiejunas should have a better rebound percentage than Jones, but in reality Dmo is slightly below as you stated.

Mike Gundy: When I took this thing over, I said my goal is, one, to erase a lifetime losing winning percentage here — meaning that, up until a couple of years ago, Oklahoma State has always had a less than 50 percent winning percentage [all - time].

Background The incidence of sudden infant death syndrome has decreased in the United States as the percentage of infants sleeping prone has decreased, but persisting concerns about the safety of supine sleeping likely contribute to prone sleeping prevalence rates that remain higher than 10 %.

In 14 states, the difference in breastfeeding initiation between white and black infants was greater than 15 percentage points and the disparity exceeded 25 percentage points in seven of these states.

The incidence of sudden infant death syndrome has decreased in the United States as the percentage of infants sleeping prone has decreased, but persisting concerns about the safety of supine sleeping likely contribute to prone sleeping prevalence rates that remain higher than 10 %.

We have more than doubled the number of donations this year, as states compete to achieve the highest percentage of participation and secure scholarship dollars for their state.

In 14 states, primarily in the Midwest and South, the difference in breastfeeding initiation between white and black infants was greater than 15 percentage points and the disparity exceeded 25 percentage points in seven of these states.

Percentage of hospitals implementing more than half of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, * by state or jurisdiction — Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) Survey, United States, 2007 — 2013

Nationally, the percentage of hospitals reporting implementing more than half of the Ten Steps increased from 28.7 % in 2007 to 53.9 % in 2013, and this increase was reported across states.

The rate of initiation was at least 20 percentage points lower for non-Hispanic blacks than for non-Hispanic whites in 13 states, mostly in the southeast.

It may be churlish to say, but a large percentage of the electorate really are more interested in the X-Factor and the Great British Bake Off than matters of state.

No president has ever won with less than 40 percent of the vote (Lincoln received the lowest percentage at 39.8, but was not on the ballot in ten states).

Actually, I think you're making a very big assumption — people in places like New York, New Jersey, California, Washington State, Massachusetts and Connecticut make more money on average than people in Montana, Alabama, Mississippi, etc., and are hence going to pay both a higher percentage of their income and a higher absolute amount in taxes.

He won a mere two percentage points more Latino voters (29 %) than Mitt Romney, the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in 2012; however, in some states, notably Florida, this support was heStates in 2012; however, in some states, notably Florida, this support was hestates, notably Florida, this support was helpful.

County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.

When the state's minimum wage rises to $ 11 an hour from $ 9 on Dec. 31, workers at New York City businesses with more than 10 employees will see the largest percentage minimum - wage increase in 60 years.

The percentage of children six and under testing positive for high lead levels is more than twice the state average, excluding NYC, according to the report.

Then I added a «Population Moved» multiplier which moved X % of the population from each state to California, to preserve the initial 322,446,343 number (this is slightly lower than I asked about) and fiddled with that percentage by hand.

Of all the countries surveyed, the UK had the highest percentage of respondents expressing concern for the welfare of future generations, with 93 % stating that they believed future generations would be worse off than their own.

Not one poll has shown Gillespie ahead in the race, one year after Clinton won Virginia by 6 percentage points — a closer - than - expected margin in a state with a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators and that's voted for the Democratic nominee in three straight presidential contests.

Unemployment in upstate rose to 8.5 percent in August, close to one percentage point higher than during August 2011, according to a new report from the New York State Department of Labor.

In New York State, the janitor at TrumpTowers pays a higher percentage of his income for state and local taxes than Donald Trump, Rob Astorino or Andrew CState, the janitor at TrumpTowers pays a higher percentage of his income for state and local taxes than Donald Trump, Rob Astorino or Andrew Cstate and local taxes than Donald Trump, Rob Astorino or Andrew Cuomo.

According to projections from the State Comptroller, the rate of inflation will rise by less than a percentage point over the next year.

«It's very difficult for challengers to get their voices heard,» said Francis, who lost to Republican state Sen. Kathy Marchione by more than 25 percentage points.

More than 220,000 students in New York didn't take the tests last spring, by far the highest percentage of any state in the nation.