Burlington Free Press - The study put the national average at about 76 percent — that is, the percentage of children ages 19-35 months who have received the full recommended series of vaccinations against chicken pox, whooping cough, tetanus, diphtheria, polio, measles
Medicaid fraud by the numbers
Herald Tribune - MIAMI — A by-the-numbers look at Medicare fraud investigations in South Florida, with data from Medicare, the Census Bureau and the U.S. attorney’s office. Total Florida Medicare recipients, 2005: 3 million. Percentage of 2005 Florida population on
Vermont has lowest vaccination rate in the country
WCAX - The Vermont statistic had a margin of error of about eight percentage points. Vermont also does not require immunizations for chicken pox for children entering school like some other states do, said Sue Barry, head of the immunization program in
When checking interest rates, look at fees
Boston Herald - On loans, your key is the annual percentage rate. That rate figures the interest rate and certain fees expressed as a yearly percentage. Your aim: To find the lowest annual percentage rate.
America’s Image Problem
US News and World Report - The percentage of Britons, for instance, who view America favorably had fallen to 56 percent from 83 percent in 2000. For Germans, the number had dropped to 37 percent from 78 percent. Even the brief era of good feeling in 2005 that stemmed from the
Fewer speeders caught
Washington Times - The District’s automated speed-camera program caught an all-time low monthly percentage of speeding motorists last month, the third time this year a record percentage was reported. Just 1.7 percent of the 2.3 million vehicles monitored in the
Hospitality workers blame accountants for advice on hiding tips
CJAD - Most of the 96 workers acknowledged they rarely keep written records of their gratuities, and often collude with fellow workers about what percentage of their wages they should declare as tip income at tax time. “The percentage reported is often
Poll shows Pawlenty, Hatch even in support among likely voters
Duluth News Tribune - The results of the poll have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points. Independence Party candidate Peter Hutchinson had the support of 7 percent of those polled. Candidates Ken Pentel and Walt Brown each registered only 1
Baseball Fans Foul Out on Risky Screensaver Sites, McAfee SiteAdvisor
WTen.com - The Yankees beat their longtime rivals only by a few tenths of a percentage point for this admittedly dubious honor. The top 10 team rosters with the highest percentage of sites with adware, spyware and malicious downloads are: New York Yankees
Study: Drug to treat diabetes may also prevent it
Lexington Herald-Leader - He noted that a small percentage of those on Avandia developed heart failure. Type II diabetes, the most common form and the one that is linked with obesity, is a growing problem worldwide. An estimated 220 million people worldwide and 18 million