Sentence examples for alarming prevalence from inspiring English sources

Unintended pregnancies and induced abortion by female STD clinic attendees have reached an alarming prevalence.

Burundi and Eritrea are the countries of most concern, with an "extremely alarming" prevalence of hunger, and the number of hungry people in 14 other countries was described as "alarming".

The alarming prevalence of cocked shotguns in the country is precisely why I prefer to live on the Isle of Dogs.

The insidious march of cosmetic intervention in everyday life has concerned me for some time and then last week I read a piece in Time magazine confirming its alarming prevalence in the US.

In the face of the alarming prevalence of obesity and its associated metabolic impairments, it is of high basic and clinical interest to reach a complete understanding of the central nervous pathways that establish metabolic control.

Hypoxemia was present in this under-resourced district hospital in Zambia with alarming prevalence.

Table 4 Correlations between significant accuracy predictor variables and false alarms   High prevalence performance Attentional control K Vigilance Extraversion Pearson correlation –0.321 0.149 0.1744 0.05 0.095 p value <0.001 0.082 0.039 0.05 0.261 Correlations and p values for the relationships between significant predictors of low prevalence accuracy and low prevalence false alarms.

Even more alarming is the prevalence of MDRTB in our population of HIV patients (9 %), which is much higher than the reported MDRTB rates in Bolivia; and that 75%% of those with resistance to one or more drugs died during the duration of our study.

The industry is more worried about publicity over counterfeiting, fearing that sales will fall if customers are alarmed by the prevalence of counterfeited medicine.

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which reports on how well governments respect and protect children's human rights, is alarmed at the prevalence of the hatches – usually outside a hospital – which allow unwanted newborns to be left in boxes with an alarm or bell to summon a carer.

The World Economics Forum in January released alarming statistics about the prevalence of plastics in the world's oceans.