The "heightened rate case risk" has also led to a number of somber analyst reports and credit downgrades from utility analysts.
The last three years have featured dozens of reports of players in severe cognitive decline, and several studies have found drastically heightened rates of dementia among retirees.
Studies at the University of North Carolina and the University of Michigan have found heightened rates of dementia and other cognitive decline, results corroborated by a New York Times demographic analysis of members of the league's 88 Plan.
He said he believed the practice was safe, but given recent reports of heightened rates of dementia and other cognitive decline in retired professional players, he also said he would give up some personal discretion for the possibility of greater safety.
Beginning with the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008 and enduring into the present, these three cities have experienced heightened rates of displacement, disproportionately targeting poor and working-class communities of color.
The study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology online Jan . 18 is believed to be the first to link heightened rates of allergic disease and exposure to traffic-related pollution as a possible reason for increased rates of asthma along major transit routes.
For example, both men and women involved in intimate partner violence have heightened rates of suicide or attempted suicide, and their antecedent risks.
Prejudice, expectations of discrimination, and feeling unsafe all contribute to heightened rates of depression, anxiety, and substance use in transgender communities.
Research shows that LGBT students experience heightened rates of harassment and discrimination at our colleges and universities, including in campus housing.
But many of the region's residents don't eat much fruit or vegetables ― a fact reflected in the region's heightened rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other serious health concerns. .
Most studies found heightened rates of substance abuse [ 9].
