Sentences with phrase «study estimated the population»

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Studies have estimated 3 % of the U.S. population suffer from the pain and numbness of carpal tunnel syndrome (although the jury is still out as to whether its causes are genetic, occupational or a combination of the two).

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at the City University of New York estimates that Puerto Rico will lose up 470,335 residents by the end of 2019 — about 14 percent of the population.

In its own studies, Metro Vancouver estimates our population will grow by more than one million new residents by the year 2041.

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at the City University of New York estimates that Puerto Rico will lose up to 470,335 residents by the end of 2019 — about 14 percent of the population.

A comprehensive demographic study of more than 230 countries and territories conducted by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life estimates that there are 5.8 billion religiously affiliated adults and children around the globe, representing 84 % of the 2010 world population of 6.9 billion.

The article is slightly confusing in that it uses the term «country» in the 6th paragraph to refer to the entire United Kingdom when discussing the Pew study's estimates of the percentage of the population which is Muslim after having previously been discussing only England and Wales in conjunction with the popularity of boy's names.

A 2014 study by population change think tank International Longevity Centre estimates 1.5 million men will be living alone in England and Wales by 2030.

The weighted mean ± SD added - sugars intake of the study population was 60 ± 53 g / d or 15 % higher than that estimated by the ABS.

In future updates, we will use fixed - effect meta - analysis for combining data where it is reasonable to assume that studies are estimating the same underlying treatment effect: i.e. where trials are examining the same intervention, and the trials» populations and methods are judged sufficiently similar.

Although we could not find estimates of fan use in the US population, we examined the potential selection bias by evaluating characteristics associated with SIDS risks in study participants and nonparticipants in a previously published article.16 Using California birth certificate data, we compared the ORs for maternal age, maternal education, parity, birth weight, infant sex, and late initiation of prenatal care (> 5 months» gestation).

We found little evidence that between - study heterogeneity in estimates was explained by age at measurement of blood pressure (p = 0.5), decade of birth (p = 0.2), stipulation of a minimum duration of breastfeeding (p = 0.5), proportion of the target population in the main analysis (p = 0.2), whether breastfeeding was exclusive for at least 2 months (p = 0.2), method of blood pressure measurement (p = 0.4), or whether effect estimates controlled for socioeconomic factors (p = 0.9), maternal factors in pregnancy (p = 0.9), or current weight (p = 0.9).

Two prominent studies find modest effects, in one case estimating that each 1 % increase in the share of migrants in the UK working age population leads to a 0.6 % decline in the wages of the 5 % lowest paid workers, which would mean about 3p less per hour for someone earning just over the minimum wage of # 6.19.

Warming waters in the Gulf of Maine have reduced Atlantic cod populations in that region and distorted estimates of how many fish were available to catch, a new study finds.

NEW DELHI — Hot on the heels of a study that used feces to track penguin populations from space (ScienceNOW, 6 June), researchers in India are reporting that DNA from tiger poop can help them estimate the cat's numbers in the wild.

«In the past, population estimates have been largely based on visual observations and on the analysis of fecal samples,» said Taal Levi, an assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife at Oregon State University and co-author on the study.

The researchers did a small study of existing genetic data from the human skin microbiome and estimate that 20 percent of the human population have S. epidermidis strains that make 6 - HAP on their skin, Gallo says.

«With the outcome of this study it would in principal be possible to improve the seismic hazard estimates for any transform fault near a population center, once its maturity can be quantified,» said Bohnhoff.

The participants were asked to estimate the distribution of annual household income for their social contacts and also for the entire US population — in one study, they estimated what percentage of people fell into each one of 11 income bands; in the other study, they estimated the average income of people within each income quintile.

The investigators found that 32 % of patients experienced at least one clinically meaningful mental health issue (defined in the study as a mental health disorder)-- a prevalence higher than in the general population, in which 18 - 20 % are estimated to have a clinically meaningful mental disorder.

Previous studies have estimated that approximately eight percent of the U.S. population will develop PTSD in their lifetime.

It is difficult to accurately estimate the number of transgender people mostly because there are no population studies that accurately and completely account for the range of gender identity and gender expression.

The study — which integrates new maps from the Environmental Protection Agency that more precisely estimate where people live now and where future population growth is expected — predicts that under potential population growth and development projections, more than 60 million Americans may be vulnerable to a 100 - year flood by 2050.

In this study, researchers at Emory University, CDC, and the University of Washington used network - based mathematical models of HIV transmission in a population of MSM to estimate the impact of applying these CDC guidelines to prevent new HIV infections in the U.S..

When we standardized all the estimates to a common scenario — i.e., the same exposure to screening, and a similar target population, period of screening, and duration of follow - up — the magnitude of the difference between studies dropped from twentyfold to about fourfold.»

«Estimating flu in specific, localized populations pushes the limits of what we thought we could do [with social media], and it opens the door to new possibilities,» says Mark Dredze, a computer scientist at Johns Hopkins University, who was not involved in the new study.

«To our knowledge, no study before this has accurately estimated the relative importance of plants and animals to the diets of these omnivore populations.»

These limitations «suggest that the ability to estimate population trends in caloric intake and generate public policy relevant to diet - health relationships is extremely limited,» said Archer, who conducted the study with colleagues at the Arnold School.

The team used the intensive study of the Samburu elephants as a Rosetta stone to translate less detailed information from 45 elephant populations across Africa to estimate natural mortality and illegal killing rates to model population trends for the species.

The study estimates age - adjusted diabetes prevalence for 200 countries — meaning that researchers adjusted the results to account for diabetes becoming more common as a person ages and for some countries having older populations.

However, a new study in The Condor: Ornithological Applications demonstrates that a new, simplified survey method, coordinated across 8 agencies, has tremendous potential to provide accurate population estimates and aid in the species» conservation.

They estimated that the population of oystercatchers within the survey area was 1,048 individuals, and comparisons with more exhaustive surveys in a subset of the study area show that this number is likely accurate.

A new study from The Condor: Ornithological Applications provides the first direct estimates of the population size and annual survival of young birds in Oahu's Laysan Albatross population, giving important new insights into the demographics of these «prebreeders.»

In contrast, autism is estimated to affect between 0.3 and 2.9 percent of the general population, according to studies cited in the paper.

The study includes the first estimates of the felony conviction population and maps their distribution in the states, documenting the dramatic growth since 1980.

By drawing on previous studies, Dietz estimated what proportion of the population could realistically be persuaded to change their behaviour using financial incentives, mass - media campaigns and so forth.

«Study provides first estimate of total US population with felony convictions: Estimates reflect racial disparities in felony convictions during era of mass incarceration.»

But as Dr. Fuster is careful to emphasize, it is important to remain cautious, and these estimates will need to be confirmed in a much larger study population across Europe.

According to a 2013 study by the University of Washington, the annual number of African elephants being slaughtered to supply the illegal ivory trade is estimated to be as high as 50,000, or roughly one sixth of the continent's remaining elephant population.

Previous laboratory findings as well as estimates of fitness based on genetic clustering of strains in the population suggested a lower relative fitness for MDRTB compared to drug - susceptible tuberculosis, but few studies have directly measured the incidence of second cases of tuberculosis among contacts of both MDRTB and drug - susceptible tuberculosis.

Dr Søren Brage (MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge), joint senior author on the study says: «Providing quantitative estimates regarding the dose - response relationship is essential for approximating how changes in levels of physical activity in the general population would impact disease incidence, and would support more nuanced guidance to the public and evidence - based dialogue in clinical settings.»

Researchers say they hope their study opens the door to better diagnosis and treatment of the most common and often intractable sleep disorder that affects an estimated 15 percent of the United States population.

That's the central question behind a University of Arkansas biologist's three - year, $ 465,098 study to test a new method for estimating population densities of two species of rare snakes.

In the study, published in the journal «Osteoporosis International», investigators from the University of Tasmania, Anhui Medical University and Nanjing Medical University estimated that in 2010 more than 2.3 million osteoporosis - related hip, clinical vertebral and wrist fractures occurred in the population aged 50 years and over.

Previous studies estimate that 1.8 million arthroplasty procedures are performed each year worldwide, and that number may increase as the population ages.

Previous studies have estimated the effect of climate change and population growth on wildfire patterns and the risk of damage to buildings and homes in California.

While estimates of the amount of small mammals snow leopards consume may have been overstated, the importance of large ungulate populations to the snow leopard's diets may have been understated, as this study suggests stable snow leopard populations are possibly more reliant upon large ungulate prey than previously understood.

In order to create effective conservation programs to help protect and conserve populations of endangered snow leopards, whose estimated population is between 4,500 - 7,500 in the wild, University of Delaware researchers are studying their scat to try and understand what the large cats are eating.

The model used in the study could also help researchers estimate populations of protected species present in others area of potential impacts, such as from fisheries, energy extraction operations, and military exercises.

A recent study reports up to 20 percent of the U.S. population may suffer from decreased sense of smell, but estimates may be inaccurate because so few people seek medical attention.

That obligation, combined with the education and training he received by participating in the Health Board's environmental health program, convinced Carlisle that Church Rock Chapter needed to conduct its own environmental monitoring to generate new data that would be used to estimate population exposures, plan future health studies, and most important, determine if lands currently occupied and those slated for residential development - like Springstead - are safe for human habitation.