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Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States, except for skin cancers. It accounts for about 30% (or 1 in 3) of all new female cancers each year. The American Cancer Society's ...
The number of women killed in conflict doubled in 2023, underscoring the devastating impact of war on civilians. At the same time, women remain underrepresented in peace processes—despite evidence ...
Further information is available in our Guide to labour market statistics methodology. Accredited official statistics. On 7 June 2024, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) introduced the new ...
Some economists are beginning to question the accuracy of recent U.S. inflation data after the federal government said staffing shortages hampered its ability to conduct a massive monthly survey.
The BFI produces official statistics on the UK film industry and other screen sectors. Statistics are released at 9:30am on the dates below. Official statistics are released in accordance with the ...
Research Data Centres (RDCs) promote and facilitate research that uses Statistics Canada microdata within secure facilities managed by Statistics Canada. They include university-based RDCs, government ...
Variance is a measurement of the spread between numbers in a data set. Investors use the variance equation to evaluate a portfolio’s asset allocation.
However, more recently the gap between the two data series has narrowed, and the latest release of crime statistics (for the year ending December 2014) shows a further narrowing (further information ...