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Meanwhile, Mississippi scored at or near the bottom on 11 of the 22 survey measures, showing a high prevalence of obesity, high rate of childhood poverty, low high school graduation rates, limited availability of primary care physicians and many preventable hospitalizations.
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"The Gambia established a National Eye care Programme following our prevalence survey of blindness and eye diseases in 1986, " said Dr Yakumba Kassama, the country's Health Minister.
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In a recent survey conducted by U.N. agencies, the prevalence of chronic malnutrition in children was 27.9% and acute malnutrition was 4%.
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According to the 2010 British Gambling Prevalence Survey, most problem gamblers are men, but a growing number of women are also gambling more than they can afford.
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