There are 229 millionaires in Congress. The exact number is hard to determine since Congress members reveal their finances in ranges. But according to the Center for Responsive Politics, 43% of congress members had a net worth of over $1 million in 2018. That’s 43%, over seven times the...
Adolescents aged 12–19 y, persons aged ≥60 y, blacks, and Mexican Americans were oversampled to produce more precise estimates for these groups. Data from NHANES 1999–2004 were used. NHANES 1999–2004 underwent institutional review board approval and included written informed consent. Age was ...
When it comes to percentage, both sides of the pond are in agreement: it should be a single word. Still confused? Americans say percent, British use per cent. Something tells us that American English is more popular nowadays, so this website uses a single-word form. What is per mille?
In 2022, about 17.3 percent of the American population was 65 years old or over; an increase from the last few years and a figure which is expected to reach 22 percent by 2050. This is a significant increase from 1950, when only eight percent of the population was 65 or over. A rap...
A recent survey conducted by Health and Human Services found that 60 million persons or 27.7 percent of Americans over the age of 12 years smoke. Despite these significant numbers, the percentage of teenage smokers has decreased since 1997 reports USA Today. In 1997, 20 percent of children 12...
What percent of the US workforce has been impaired on the job (due to alcohol or illegal drugs) at least once during the previous year? A) Eight B) Fifteen C) Twenty-seven D) Forty-three On average, how many Americans work more than 80 hours per week?
"The question now, therefore, is whether there is a deal that will take away the tariffs, or whether the US president is prepared to take short-term pain in return for what he sees as the long-term gain of higher domestic output and more domestic jobs as Americans shun more imports that...
"The question now, therefore, is whether there is a deal that will take away the tariffs, or whether the US president is prepared to take short-term pain in return for what he sees as the long-term gain of higher domestic output and more domestic jobs as Americans shun more imports...
In Stage 1, we conducted two parallel meta-analyses; one meta-analysis combined summary statistics from 43 GWAS, totalling up to 76,137 adult individuals (65,831 European ancestry, 7,557 South Asian ancestry, 2,333 East Asian ancestry and 416 African Americans), and the other meta-analysis...
The results of current study showed that obesity and high body fat are associated with an increased levels of several CVD risk factors. Both indices of adiposity, were positively correlated with CVD risk factors in both genders. Moreover, it appears that BMI was a better index for predicting ...