The phrase "are considered prone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the likelihood or tendency of something to occur, often in a formal or academic context.
Example: "Certain species of birds are considered prone to migratory patterns that change with climate conditions."
Alternatives: "are deemed susceptible" or "are regarded as likely".
Questions about the Zipingpu Dam are especially delicate because China is building many major hydroelectric dams in the southwest, a region which has abundant water resources but is considered prone to earthquakes.
Valparaiso is considered prone to fires due to its dry summer climate and its location, surrounded by forests.
Resting atop a deep marine basin, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has long been considered prone to instability.
Historically, ALCL has been considered prone to late relapse, like other lymphomas seen in adult patients.
Since the assembled sequences were products of de novo assemblies, they were considered prone to error.
To determine this, we studied ACPA-negative arthralgia patients who were considered prone to progress to RA for local subclinical inflammation observed on hand and foot magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.
We studied ACPA-negative patients without clinical arthritis and with recent-onset arthralgia of small joints who, because of the character of their symptoms, were considered prone to have disease likely to progress to RA by the treating rheumatologists.
The foreskin was also perceived as a portal of entry for sexually transmitted infection as the tissue is considered prone to traumatic injury during sexual intercourse (Bailey et al., 2002; Lukobo & Bailey, Submitted; Ngalande et al., 2006; Rain-Taljaard et al., 2003).
In fruit trees, this concept has been explored for apple trees, Malus × domestica, and several propositions have been formulated for promoting either dwarfed spur types (Dickman et al., 1994) or trees characterized by long and weeping branching (Type IV) which were considered prone to regular bearing (Lespinasse, 1992; Laurens et al., 2000).
Few places in Gaza are considered more prone to Palestinian attacks than the road south from Erez, the Israeli crossing point where the Americans, minutes earlier, had lingered with other travelers in an air-conditioned building while their passports and other documents were checked.
