The emergence of CA-MRSA infections may have resulted in increased numbers of hospitalizations for SSTIs because of an increasing incidence of antimicrobial drug failure in outpatient treatment and more aggressive approaches to the management of these infections by physicians who are aware of the heightened risk of becoming infected with CA-MRSA.
But the number of cases has been rising because of an increasing incidence of hepatitis C.
In fact, the stock market has been able to grow as it has in part because of an increasing ratio of working people to nonworking people.
NHS costs are rising rapidly because of an increasing elderly population and the rising costs of new technologies, treatments and drugs.
The Professional Players Federation said it has doubled the number of counsellors for footballers because of an increasing demand over the past three years.
"This trend isn't because of an increasing likelihood that a firm listed before 1970 will fail it's mainly because recently listed firms are dying more quickly," Govindarajan says.
The country's artisans, who painstakingly produce handmade goods, are an endangered breed because of an increasing reliance on machine-made products.
Leo Homeijer, vice president of operations for Lakeland, based in Dover, N.J., said the cellphone rule was put into effect about 10 years ago because of an increasing number of complaints from drivers and passengers.
Donald F. Webster, the district's executive director for health, physical education, recreation and athletics, said the Little League fields were needed not only because of an increasing high school population but because more girls were participating in athletics.
But the number of calls has dropped, he said, and income from calls has fallen to about $1,000 a month because of an increasing number of black-market phone companies.
Mr. Tyson said that the agency had begun its inquiry primarily because of an increasing number of complaints from consumers and that in recent days, as news reports cited the failures, the number of complaints rose sharply.
