The phrase "attributed to a higher number" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing data, statistics, or phenomena that are linked to or associated with an increased quantity or value.
Example: "The increase in sales can be attributed to a higher number of customers visiting the store."
Alternatives: "linked to a greater number" or "associated with an increased number".
These studies showed that high expression of pro-inflammatory factors in the lungs of mice with rapidly progressing TB could not be attributed to a higher number of macrophages and only in part (in some moderately wasting mice) could be attributed to the accumulation of neutrophils in the lungs.
This can be attributed to a higher number of unmatched fragments detected in the averaged scan, thereby lowering the P-Score.
Here, the reduced conservation of maternally expressed genes is even more significant (p < 0.04), which can be attributed to a higher number of substitutions in the rat [ 16].
The larger coding regions of F element genes can be attributed to a significantly higher number of coding exons but not to the size of the individual coding exons.
The increase of SR along the stream size-velocity gradient cannot be attributed unambiguously to a higher number of different microhabitats in larger habitats.
Amy Schmidt, executive director of higher education research for the College Board, which administers the tests, says the increase in math scores can be attributed to a growing number of high school students who take three or more years of math, including many upper-level math courses.
The human resources for health (HRH) crisis in the East, Central and Southern African (ECSA) region is attributed to a number of factors, including high disease burden, high demands due to HIV/AIDS, and low capacity for the production of health professionals in most of the ECSA countries [ 1].
Higher costings were attributed to a significantly greater number (RR 1.39, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.84) and duration (RR 1.55, 95% CI 1.37 to 1.74) of inpatient visits and a higher number of general practitioner visits (RR 1.10, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.16).
The mean values presented can be directly attributed to a number of outlying, and extremely high values for each of the websites as mentioned earlier.
This current saturation behavior at high field regime may be attributed to a number of mechanisms [1, 12, 23, 24].
The resurgence of pertussis in countries with high vaccination coverage has been attributed to a number of factors, including increased awareness with regard to the disease, improved diagnostics, waning vaccine-induced immunity and pathogen adaptation [ 4, 7].
