This gradient disappeared completely after adjustment for case-mix, and in the adjusted estimates there is a tendency for slightly shorter waiting times in the most prosperous group.
The tendency, after case-mix adjustment, towards a slightly shorter waiting time in the most prosperous group may be due to preferential treatment of this group, but the difference is not large (52 vs 50 51% treated within 60 days) and only marginally statistically significant, despite the very large number of cases.
Insects represent the majority of the biodiversity on the earth described, being the most prosperous animal group in the terrestrial ecosystem [ 1].
The eclectic countries comprising the growth markets all have relatively large populations tilted toward a young demographic — South Korea is the smallest but most prosperous of the group, per capita — and have already begun to grow at a very rapid pace.
Read them another way, they call for tax cuts for every group except the most prosperous one-tenth of 1percentt of Americans.
There were historic grievances over land and deep-seated ethnic tensions, with many ethnic groups resenting the Kikuyus, Mr. Kibaki's group, because they have been the most prosperous for years.
They have been accused of striking secret deals with militant groups to protect Punjab, the most prosperous and populated of the four provinces.
They find that sub-Saharan Africa and East and South Asia are the most ethnically unequal regions, thanks to small but prosperous groups such as Arabs in west Africa.
Because, not surprisingly, the most prosperous new black owners — and especially the core group that came to be known as "the usual suspects," including Ramaphosa — maintained close ties to the A.N.C. government and contributed financially to the party's coffers.
When a group of the town's most prosperous citizens secure permission to travel to the port of Le Havre to conduct business, they are outraged to find themselves sharing the coach with a plump prostitute named Boule de Suif.
