• According to the authors of a 2017 book on the world distribution of the French language, a credible estimate of the number of "francophones réels" (real francophones), that is, individuals who speak French on a daily basis either as their mother tongue or as a second language, would be around 130 million. (wikipedia.org)
  • From 2016 to 2017, the proportion of hourly paid workers in Idaho who earned at or below the federal minimum wage fell 1.3 percentage points. (bls.gov)
  • In 2017, the states with the highest percentages of hourly paid workers earning at or below the federal minimum wage were in the South: Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee (all were about 4 percent). (bls.gov)
  • There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value because of sampling error. (bls.gov)
  • There is another approximate approach to testing the null hypothesis in the population model: If the sample sizes are large (but the samples are drawn with replacement or are small compared to the two population sizes), the normal approximation to the distribution of the difference between the two sample percentages tends to be accurate. (berkeley.edu)
  • The country has a population of about 27 million and is growing at the rate of 3.1 percent (1991). (nzdl.org)
  • Country-wide, 20 percent of the population already depends on the dwindling flow of foreign food aid, and it will get worse for many months yet. (theoildrum.com)
  • The age-adjusted death rate for this population decreased from 1,422.0 per 100,000 in 2000 to 1,101.2 in 2011. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2011, the age-adjusted death rate for the United States was 740.6 per 100,000 population ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Hawaii had the lowest age-adjusted death rate (584.8 deaths per 100,000 population) of all the states in 2011-21.0% lower than the rate for the United States (740.6) ( Figure 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Louisiana is typical of the region, with an age-adjusted death rate of 882.1 deaths per 100,000 population ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The entire population continually ages into older age groups over time and babies fill in the youngest age group. (census.gov)
  • So, the population of a certain age is made up of a completely different group of people in 2000 and 2006. (census.gov)
  • Since populations occasionally experience booms/increases and busts/decreases in births, deaths, or migration (for example, the postwar Baby Boom from 1946-1964), one should not necessarily expect that the population in an age group in Census 2000 should be similar in size or proportion to the population in the same age group in the 2006 ACS. (census.gov)
  • So, the age group 55 to 59 would show a considerable increase in population when comparing Census 2000 data with the 2006 ACS data. (census.gov)
  • Many types of GQ populations have age distributions that are very different from the household population. (census.gov)
  • The inclusion of the GQ population could therefore have a noticeable impact on the age distribution. (census.gov)
  • Many types of GQ populations have Hispanic or Latino Origin distributions that are very different from the household population. (census.gov)
  • DALLAS , June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Daiso, a leading retail company specializing in Japanese-inspired products, is delighted to announce the opening of its second US Distribution Center. (yahoo.com)
  • ARFID was the eating disorder that most affected the youngest age groups (ages 0-9 and 10-13), while binge-eating disorder most affected older age groups (31-65 years). (medscape.com)
  • The median age at diagnosis/death is the age at which half of all reported cases were older and half were younger. (cancer.gov)
  • Cancer Prevalence is the number or percent of people alive on a certain date who have been diagnosed with cancer. (cancer.gov)
  • Approximately one third of deaths among persons aged 15-24 years result from motor-vehicle crashes (1). (cdc.gov)
  • However, in 1994, 29% of crash-related deaths among persons aged 15-17 years and 44% of those among persons aged 18-20 years were alcohol-related. (cdc.gov)
  • 19 cases was 41.3% and the mean age (SD) of COVID-19 deaths was 69.1 years (13.8) and 73.7% of them were 60 years old or older. (who.int)
  • Data are presented for youth (persons aged 15-17 years and 18-20 years), young adults (21-24 years), and other adults (greater than or equal to 25 years). (cdc.gov)
  • However, the proportion of alcohol-involved drivers aged 18-20 years was higher than the proportion of alcohol-involved drivers aged greater than or equal to 25 years each year from 1982 through 1994 Figure 1 . (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, following the rapid decline from 1982 through 1989 in the proportion of alcohol-involved drivers aged 15-17 years, the proportion declined more slowly from 1990 through 1994 Figure 1 . (cdc.gov)
  • In 1994, the percentage of alcohol-involved drivers in fatal crashes who were intoxicated increased with age: of persons aged 15-17 years who were alcohol-involved drivers in fatal crashes, 57% were intoxicated, compared with 64% of persons aged 18-20 years, 75% of persons aged 21-24 years, and 79% of persons aged greater than or equal to 25 years Figure 2 . (cdc.gov)
  • In 2016, there was a continuation of the trend for a growing concentration of pay at the bottom of the UK's earnings distribution, clustered around the new National Living Wage (NLW) of £7.20 per hour which is required to be paid for those employees who are 25 years and older. (ons.gov.uk)
  • The analysis also includes all employees 16-years-old and above, with no upper age limit. (ons.gov.uk)
  • Half the staff in the professional category (50.6%) are under 50 years of age. (who.int)
  • GYTS is a nationally representative school-based survey of 5.6% overall, 8.2% of boys, and 2.9% of girls currently students in grades associated with age 13 to 15 years and is smoked tobacco. (who.int)
  • completed the survey, of which 6,178 were aged 13-15 years. (who.int)
  • Recent rates present the age-adjusted rate for the aggregated five most recent years of the available data, in a bar chart format. (cancer.gov)
  • 5-year relative survival rates show the estimated percentage of patients who would be expected to survive the effects of their cancer 5 years or more after cancer diagnosis. (cancer.gov)
  • Survival by time since diagnosis provides a view of the percentage of people surviving by year after diagnosis in up to 10 years. (cancer.gov)
  • Mother's mean age at first birth: 25.7 years (2014 est. (flagcounter.com)
  • Collectively, it is concluded that COVID-19 elderly female patients aging 60 years or older with a positive history of chronic disease are more likely at high risk for death from SARS-CoV-2 infection among the participated COVID cases. (who.int)
  • In 2018, people aged 19-24 years made up the largest share, followed by those aged 14-18 years. (medscape.com)
  • A greater share of employees in older age groups (35 to 49 and 50 to 64) tend to dominate the higher end of the hourly earnings distribution compared to younger age groups of 16 to 24 and 25 to 34. (ons.gov.uk)
  • Figure 1 shows the distribution of gross hourly earnings for all employees in 1997, 2007, 2015 and 2016. (ons.gov.uk)
  • In 1997, prior to the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW), the UK's earnings distribution was relatively smooth, positively skewed and centred on hourly earnings of between £4 and £5 per hour. (ons.gov.uk)
  • Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Richard Holden noted that the 16,000 workers earning the federal minimum wage or less made up 3.3 percent of all hourly paid workers in the state. (bls.gov)
  • Nationwide, those earning the federal minimum or less accounted for 2.3 percent of the hourly paid workforce. (bls.gov)
  • The 11,000 workers in this category accounted for 3.0 percent of all hourly paid workers in the state. (bls.gov)
  • These women represented 4.6 percent of all women paid hourly rates in the state. (bls.gov)
  • There were 4,000 men earning the minimum wage or less in Idaho, accounting for 1.7 percent of all men paid hourly rates in the state. (bls.gov)
  • The states with the lowest percentages of hourly paid workers earning at or below the federal minimum wage were in the West or Midwest: California, Washington, Montana, and Minnesota (all were less than 1 percent). (bls.gov)
  • From 2018 to 2022, healthcare claims for eating disorders increased 65% nationally as a percentage of all medical claims, according to an analysis of more than 43 billion private healthcare claims conducted by the nonprofit FAIR Health. (medscape.com)
  • This article provides an analysis of the distribution of earnings using ASHE 2016 data and previous ASHE datasets over time. (ons.gov.uk)
  • There are large differences in the earnings distribution for men and women with a greater share of women earning around the NLW in 2016 compared to men. (ons.gov.uk)
  • This statistic presents the distribution of global content sharing activities across social networks as of the second quarter of 2016. (statista.com)
  • It was reportedly growing at the rate of 3.6 percent in 1992. (nzdl.org)
  • Conditioning on the total number of ones in the treatment and control groups leads to Fisher's exact test , which is based on the hypergeometric distribution of the number of ones in the treatment group if the null hypothesis is true. (berkeley.edu)
  • Rates by age refer to a rate for a specified age group for the most recent 5-year time period. (cancer.gov)
  • In 2022, those positions were reversed, with the largest share falling in the 14- to 18-year-old group and the second largest in those aged 19-24. (medscape.com)
  • If available, please provide demographic data by age group, preferably by 10-year categories, e.g. (who.int)
  • As body composition changes with age, VD decreases. (wikipedia.org)
  • During 1982-1994, the estimated percentage and total number of alcohol-involved drivers in fatal crashes (i.e., crashes in which at least one person was killed) decreased for all four age groups Table 1 . (cdc.gov)
  • In pharmacology, the volume of distribution (VD, also known as apparent volume of distribution, literally, volume of dilution) is the theoretical volume that would be necessary to contain the total amount of an administered drug at the same concentration that it is observed in the blood plasma. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2019, drivers between the ages of 46 and 50 accounted for 16 percent of the total number of drivers of this type of vehicle. (statista.com)
  • Row percentages in tables may not total to 100 percent due to rounding. (mass.edu)
  • Yet the total number of children enrolled in secondary schools is less than 10 percent of primary school graduates, and the number of those who struggle and make it to the universities hardly reaches 0.05 percent. (nzdl.org)
  • age and length of service of staff, and retirement projections and distribution of the workforce across the main occupational groups. (who.int)
  • Moreover, male plasma donors produce more RBD-IgG than female, and age of the patients positively correlates with the RBD-IgG titer. (nature.com)
  • The French language became an international language in the Middle Ages , when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language , alongside Latin . (wikipedia.org)
  • Those aged above 65 made up for the smallest share of motorcycles drivers. (statista.com)
  • Economic growth has slowed down to 3.7 percent this year from 3.9 percent in 2013. (nationmaster.com)
  • The notion that the bottom 5 or 10 percent of employees can be eliminated every year assumes that the performance of individuals fits a normal distribution curve (Jack Welch calls it the vitality curve). (strategy-business.com)
  • Turning to the euro area, real GDP growth slowed from 0.4 percent, quarter on quarter, in the first quarter of this year, to 0.2 percent in the second quarter. (europa.eu)
  • In addition to arguing that a forced ranking or distribution system is good for organizations, he reasons it is good for individuals because it takes people who are failing out of situations that are bad for them and the company. (strategy-business.com)
  • In fact, systems that force managers to cut a certain percentage of their people often don't reveal the root causes of problems, often do not elevate performance, and can ultimately be counterproductive. (strategy-business.com)
  • While any body fat percentage below 30 is perfectly healthy for a woman, it's expected that competitive athletes be among the leanest and sleekest people around. (healthfully.com)
  • Mississippi had the highest age-adjusted death rate in 2011 (956.2)-29.1% higher than the U.S. rate. (cdc.gov)
  • The decline in alcohol involvement among drivers is consistent with the decline in the number and percentage of all ARTFs in the United States during 1982-1994 Table 2 . (cdc.gov)
  • The distribution of staff with long-term appointments by organizational location, grade and sex is shown in Table 3. (who.int)
  • Table 6 provides information on the distribution of staff in the professional and higher categories by location of assignment and region of nationality. (who.int)
  • Recent trends present the observed (points) and predicted (lines) annual age-adjusted rates and corresponding annual percent change (APC) trend for each joinpoint segment in the table. (cancer.gov)
  • In fact, those living in the Pacific region are about 50 percent more likely to exercise on an average day than are those in the East South Central and West South Central regions. (fitnessplus.com)
  • In a normal distribution of employees, the number of average performers is large and flanked by a small number of outstanding and poor performers. (strategy-business.com)
  • Most female athletes carry between 8 and 15 percent fat, but swimmers usually have a bit more -- between 14 and 24 percent. (healthfully.com)
  • When the sample sizes are large, calculating the rejection region for Fisher's Exact Test is cumbersome, but the normal approximation to the hypergeometric distribution gives an approximate test -a test whose significance level is approximately what it claims to be. (berkeley.edu)
  • That allows one to transform the difference of sample percentages approximately into standard units , and to base an hypothesis test on the normal approximation to the probability distribution of the approximately standardized difference. (berkeley.edu)
  • The country recorded a literacy rate of over 80 percent in the late 1980s. (nzdl.org)
  • Stage distributions show the distribution of incidence cases by stage at diagnosis (Localized, Regional, Distant, or Unstaged). (cancer.gov)
  • The largest regional difference in the distribution of earnings and the share of employees earning around £7.20 per hour is between London where around 5.8% of employees earn this amount, and Northern Ireland where around 13.7% earn this amount. (ons.gov.uk)
  • If the null hypothesis is true, the expected value of the difference between the sample percentages is zero, and the SE of the difference in sample percentages can be estimated by pooling the two samples. (berkeley.edu)
  • The difference in the level of response may contribute to the difference in the two distributions. (census.gov)
  • The percentage of women in the professional and higher categories has slightly increased since the last annual report as at 30 September 2007, rising to 37.9% from 37.1% (see Figure). (who.int)
  • a higher VD indicates a greater amount of tissue distribution. (wikipedia.org)
  • In rough terms, drugs with a high lipid solubility (non-polar drugs), low rates of ionization, or low plasma protein binding capabilities have higher volumes of distribution than drugs which are more polar, more highly ionized or exhibit high plasma protein binding in the body's environment. (wikipedia.org)
  • This allows swimmers who have a higher percentage of fat to float more readily in the water. (healthfully.com)
  • About 90 percent of those diagnosed with CDKL5 deficiency disorder are girls. (medlineplus.gov)
  • During the examined period, it was found that 57 percent of social sharing activity occurred via Facebook. (statista.com)
  • An online calorie calculator or sports dietitian can help you determine your daily calorie burn by taking into consideration your age, size and activity level. (healthfully.com)
  • Sandia lost the case precisely because it couldn't prove that the forced distributions it created led to valid measures of individual performance. (strategy-business.com)
  • Relative survival is an estimate of the percentage of patients who would be expected to survive the effects of their cancer. (cancer.gov)
  • If you have a body fat level that exceeds 30 percent, you're considered overweight and at increased risk of certain health conditions such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. (healthfully.com)
  • Lifetime risk estimates are presented as bar charts by the Type of Risk, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, Starting Age, and the length of the interval to examine. (cancer.gov)
  • BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. (bls.gov)
  • The types of seizures change with age, and may follow a predictable pattern. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The industrial sector is increasing and accounts for 40 percent of the national economy. (nzdl.org)
  • When the measurement of each subject can be represented by 0 or 1 ( e.g. , subject's condition improves or not, subject buys something or not, subject clicks a link or not, subject passes an exam or not), deciding whether the treatment has an effect is essentially testing the null hypothesis that two percentages are equal-which is the problem this chapter addresses. (berkeley.edu)
  • Recently, Ford Motor Company, reacting to the same problem, abandoned its forced distribution system after the company was threatened with lawsuits. (strategy-business.com)
  • [ 2 ] Several key Asian economies specialise in tech production, with Asian tech exports accounting for 10 percent of global trade. (europa.eu)
  • Because employee performance patterns in organizations often do not follow a normal distribution, identifying poor performers using a forced ranking system is fraught with difficulties. (strategy-business.com)
  • But quota systems don't work for many reasons, including flaws in the normal distribution curve approach that is used to identify poor performers, as well as limitations in human judgment. (strategy-business.com)
  • Normal distributions consistently occur only when they involve random events and a large sample. (strategy-business.com)
  • What is My Body Fat Percentage? (bodybuilding.com)
  • If you're interested in getting your body fat percentage measured, methods include bioelectrical impedance scales, skinfold calipers and clinical Dexa X-ray scans or hydrostatic weighing. (healthfully.com)
  • The numbers and percentage distributions for 1998-2001 were reported in the original source as the number receiving a credential. (ed.gov)
  • which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (who.int)
  • Numerous court cases in the U.S. have challenged the use of forced ranking or distribution systems. (strategy-business.com)