Sentences with phrase «than national rates for»

The number of mothers who start breastfeeding is higher than national rates for the same age group

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Macron has said he hopes to pool liability for various kinds of debt: a completed banking union would ensure bailout costs for individual financial institutions would be distributed across the continent rather than borne by individual countries, and the so - called Eurobonds would allow national governments to borrow money against a joint continental credit rating.

Another option: The Intelligent Office, a national franchise based in Boulder, Colorado, provides small - business owners with a prestigious address for meetings, as well as phone - answering and mail services, all for about $ 275 a month — far less than the rate for commercial space.

While the unemployment rate for recent military veterans is higher than the national average, recruiters from plum post-biz school gigs are actively courting many vets who opt for an MBA.

Given persistently high rates of youth unemployment — at 13.6 percent, more than double the national average — selecting an entrepreneurial path represents not only an acceptable choice for youth, but a strategic decision.

An undergrad who borrows $ 37,000 — and that's less than the national average for 2016 graduates — and has an interest rate of 4.45 percent will pay $ 8,908 in interest over 10 years, according to NerdWallet's student loan calculator.

This situation is a key reason why the unemployment rate for these individuals has been consistently higher than the national average for some time.

The odds for job seekers in Las Vegas aren't great, considering that the unemployment rate is higher than the national average.

The Office for National Statistics said the unemployment rate in May fell to 7.8 per cent in the three months to May, 0.2 percentage point lower than the previous two - month period.

If you're looking for maximum home equity, this could be a great place to live: home values are up 4 percent from last year and the 3 percent unemployment rate is lower than the national average.

Washington's mortgage rates have been lower than the national average rates for the past decade.

Our new report uses more than 250,000 interviews with registered voters to provide insights at the national, state, and aggregated district level on President Trump's approval, key senator approval & re-elect ratings, generic ballot, and top issues for voters.

Unfavorability ratings for the three major rental car brands associated with Enterprise Holdings Inc. — Enterprise Rent - A-Car, Alamo and National Car Rental — all more than doubled among surveyed adults after they learned about the companies ending discounts for NRA members.

While the personal income tax, which has a top rate of 5 %, is slightly lower than the national average for state income taxes, the statewide sales tax of 7 % is slightly above the national average.

If investors come to feel that the central bank is prepared to raise rates more aggressively than expected, then that could be a big headwind for equities, especially as all of Trump's policy proposals will add to US national debt.

She found that, all else equal, for every one - percentage - point increase in the national unemployment rate, the starting income of new graduates fell by as much as 7 percent; the unluckiest graduates of the decade, who emerged into the teeth of the 1981 — 82 recession, made roughly 25 percent less in their first year than graduates who stepped into boom times.

The S&P / Case - Shiller Home Price Indices released for February 2018 indicated that home prices nationwide, the National Home Price Index, rose at a seasonally adjusted annual growth rate of 6.3 % in February, modestly slower than the 6.7 % increase in January.

Stockland chief executive Mark Steinert this week said the national population growth rate of 1.6 per cent would keep driving demand for new facilities, even though traditional retailers were planning fewer new stores than they were five or six years ago.

Mortgage rates for Wisconsin used to be higher than the national average rates, but rates have dropped in recent years.

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.

The overall unemployment rate for the state is 4.5 %, which is about 0.1 % higher than the national average.

Moreover, for all the uncertainties of long - term population forecasting, the likely change in size and composition of a national population can be predicted over the course of the coming calendar year with far greater certainty than can changes in the harvest, the gross national product, the unemployment rate, the foreign exchange rate, or the demand for any particular product.

Interest rates much higher than in the countries of the North contribute to the destruction of national producers; uncontrolled privatisation and denationalization develop in the search for the resources demanded by investors.

For Mann and Ornstein, problem solving means compromising with Democrats so that the size of the national government continues to increase, but at a slower rate than Democrats prefer.

The head of Australia's largest agricultural lender, National Australia Bank's Khan Horne, says the rural property market is running hotter than ever before because of strong fundamentals and low interest rates but, with a royal commission into banking, he is calling on tighter qualifications for anyone lending to farmers to avoid failures and receiverships that have tainted the sector.

Despite Victorian growers» production costs being considerably higher than the national average, their rate of return was outperforming the national average for most years (except in 2011 - 12, where Victorian growers expended the most on contracted work out of any other year).

That's TEN TIMES HIGHER than the national neonatal mortality rate for low risk hospital birth with a CNM.

The National Center for Health Statistics reports that midwife - assisted deliveries are 19 % lower in morbidity and mortality rates than physician - assisted deliveries.

What you should be looking for is: are the clinic's success rates greater than the national average?

Although no national statistics currently exist in Ireland for transfer rates it is presumed that they are higher for first time mothers than subsequent mothers as this seems to be a worldwide trend.

She's all for combating hunger, but Chicago's child obesity rate is 28 percent, that's 1.5 times higher than the national average, and offering extra food to kids who already ate at home is bound to make that worse.

The combined rates of those who breastfed and those who breastfed and bottle - fed (53.2 %) is lower than the estimated national breastfeeding rate of approximately 59.7 %.1 In decreasing order, the most important reasons for initiating breastfeeding included benefits to the infant's health, naturalness, and relationship to strengthen bonding.

A Consumer Reports analysis of more than 1,300 hospitals found that C - section rates for low - risk deliveries among U.S. hospitals vary dramatically, even in the same communities and among similar institutions, and that in most hospitals the rates are above national targets.

In November of 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the national cesarean birth rate at 29.1 %, which was the highest rate ever recorded involving more than a quarter of all births.

In November 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the national cesarean birth rate was the highest ever at 29.1 % — more than a quarter of all deliveries.

But the fact remains, cesarean rates are drastically lower for home - birthers than the national average which lingers somewhere around one - third of hospital birthing women.

It is not only targeting this specific tax that would help businesses, but rather than spending money on reducing VAT, expanding the national insurance holiday for firms taking on new staff, and taking bolder action on the huge business rate rise due to hit in April, would be preferable.

I know of no firm metrics (other than voting patterns, which are flawed as participation rates are so low 38 % - 62 % typically for national elections), though there is a plethora of writing on the effectiveness of government.

Participation rates in EU elections are historically low, so it should be even easier than campaigning for the national parliament.

Lucas vowed to slap a new income tax rate of 50 per cent for those earning more than # 100,000 and axe the upper limit for National Insurance contributions.

The factional NLC leader stated, was demanding N90, 000 national minimum wage based on the current exchange rate, noting that should the exchange rate go above N500 per dollar, NLC would demand for more than N90, 000.

Off topic questions included: the ISIS in Iraq and potential threats to New York, his hair color in a World Cup themed picture, the City's negotiations with CW Capital concerning Stuyvesant Town, whether he concerned that religion - affiliated CBO's pre-K programs will involve some religious instruction or indoctrination, the Rent Guidelines Board and a possible rent increase, rating his administration on it's FOIL responsiveness, whether subway dancers are a «sign of urban decay», whether he is contemplating a special district for failing schools and whether there is symbolism is seeking to bring the Democratic National Convention to Brooklyn rather than Manhattan and whether he has coordinated that effort with Hillary Clinton.

While Cuomo is a virtual lock to win his 2014 race, with more than $ 30 million in the bank and extremely solid approval ratings statewide, he wants to amass the biggest possible victory he can, the better to make the case for national office should the opportunity arise.

New York State, for example, which has had lower than the national average voting rates, has low turnout rates from its younger voters.

Examining more than 20 years of national data for U.S. adolescents, a research team led by Andrew Subica at the University of California, Riverside reports that adolescents have high prevalence of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use, and concerning rates of suicide - related thoughts and behaviors.

Overall composite star ratings, as well as component ratings, are listed for more than 400 STS National Database participants.

With a three - year survival rate of 94.39 percent for all adult kidney recipients — above the 92.62 percent national average — UCSF has more patients on the kidney transplant waiting list than any other U.S. transplant center.

«The findings for Niassa National Reserve are particularly encouraging in the African context because deforestation rates on the continent are five times higher than the global average, and many protected areas in Africa are losing a lot more forest.»

There's the national data that's being collected over the last forty years and every single year for the last forty years quit rates for women are lower than quit rates for men.

A University of Rochester - led study, published in the August issue of Health Affairs, shows complication rates can vary as much as five-fold among hospitals, prompting researchers to call for the development of a national quality reporting system to improve maternal outcomes for more than 4 million women who give birth each year.