Sentence examples for one-third of sick from inspiring English sources

Oral rehydration salts, a traditional, low-cost response for children with diarrhoea, are used by only one-third of sick children in developing countries – signalling a failure to deliver one of the tried and true child survival interventions.

Respiratory health problems accounted for one-third of sick leave, and respiratory cases with work-related symptoms had more respiratory sick days than those without work-related symptoms (9.4 vs. 2.4 days/year; p < 0.01).

Even in Rwanda, often cited as an example of success in Africa, only one-third of sick children go to health centres, in a context where health mutuals (which cover 85% of the population) demand a co-payment at the point of service [ 33].

Despite significant improvements in quality of care after IMCI training, important performance gaps remain, with some studies indicating that about one-third of sick children still do not receive correct treatment for potentially life-threatening conditions after health workers receive IMCI training [ 11, 13].

Laaksonen et al. [ 16] found that occupation accounted for half of the female sick leave episodes lasting more than 60 days and approximately one third of sick leave less than 60 days.

Health officials say as many as one-third of the people who got sick did not recall eating peanut butter.

It's not uncommon for one-third of the world population to become sick during an influenza pandemic, Fukuda pointed out: That would be 2.2 billion of us.

4 In Norway, CMDs account for approximately 20% of sick leave episodes and about one-third of all disability pensions.

One-third of the cases had 2 weeks or more of sick leave the previous year; this was significantly more than that in the control group were one-quarter reported sick leave of 2 weeks or more.

One-third of Los Angeles residents now tell pollsters they are sick of their city.

Self-reported sick leave accounted for approximately one-third of the total indirect cost.