Sentence examples for proportion of teens from inspiring English sources

The Bronx had the smallest proportion of teens smoking, with 6.2percentt, down from 9.9percentt in 2005.

Of the five boroughs, all of which showed declines for the year, Staten Island had the largest proportion of teens continuing to smoke, 14.7percentt, down from 22.8percentt in 2005.

According to a survey of the top 200 shopping sites from Reston, Va.-based PC Data, CDnow ranked first as the site whose traffic consisted of the highest proportion of teens, at 28%.

But the proportion of teens who had never smoked more than 100 cigarettes significantly grew between 2013 and 2016, from 95percentto98percentcent.

And the proportion of teens in grades six through 10 who were overweight ticked downward slightly from 17% in 2005 to 16.6% in 2010.

The proportion of teens that named Facebook the "most important social media site" fell 10percentt in the past year to just over 20percentt, according to Piper Jaffray.

The proportion of teen age mothers is higher in rural areas than in urban areas.

Just over one-fifth of women receiving income assistance during pregnancy and the same proportion of teen-aged mothers participated in community support programs, and less than one-fifth of women from low income areas participated.

With greater access to contraceptives for youth, the rate of teen childbearing has declined significantly in Europe and North America (including among black and Hispanic teenagers); all the while, the proportion of teen births to unmarried youth has increased significantly from less than 15%to80%0% in the United States over the last 50 years.

Large proportions of teens in Asian countries, especially boys, pick up smoking as a part of normal behaviour associated with their transition to adulthood.

Phippen said: "It is very concerning to see the proportion of younger teens using apps like Tinder, whose aim is essentially hook-ups and dating, and very much for an adult audience.