Sentence examples for troubling statistics from inspiring English sources

MICHAEL SPIELMAN Bronx, Dec. 14, 2011 To the Editor: The National Transportation Safety Board's call for a ban on cellphone use by drivers, including hands-free devices, while no doubt motivated by good intentions and troubling statistics, is nevertheless ill considered.

He ran through a list of troubling statistics to underscore the minority achievement gap that poses "the difference between a pathway that leads to the White House and one that leads to the jailhouse".

Troubling statistics are everywhere: one in 10 children will encounter a mental health problem of some kind, three quarters of which will go untreated; Camhs budgets reduced by up to 94% in some parts of the country.

"Those are very troubling statistics," he said.

The discussion highlighted troubling statistics on diabetes, raised some knotty issues, and explored creative solutions.

Embedded within the trends for African American health are some troubling statistics.

Both questions have become more urgent than ever with the release of troubling new statistics on suicide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDCCenters for Disease Control and Prevention CDC

While some fund-raisers may try to reach their quotas on the backs of troubling demographic statistics, a large portion of the synagogues of North America do exactly what Mr. Rushkoff advocates: concentrate on the work of social justice.

Many young Japanese, pained by memories of their fathers' long office hours, are hardly troubled by statistics showing that the average Japanese now works slightly less than the average American.

The statistics are troubling.

"These statistics are troubling and raise questions about whether officers are being held accountable to the citizens they serve," the report said.