States where poverty exceeded 18 percent, the immigrant population exceeded 15 percent and the C-section rate exceeded 33 percent had 77 percent, 33 percent and 21 percent higher risks of maternal mortality, respectively, a 2007 report by Gopal K. Singh of the Health Resources and Services Administration indicated.

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After the first two to three weeks of treatment, your doctor may gradually decrease your dosage depending on your symptoms and the results of sed rate and C-reactive protein tests.

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The two-year survival for hepatitis C was also lower for African Americans, although the rate for hepatitis B was similar for this race, white Americans and Hispanics.

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The long-term chart of the euro-dollar exchange rate shows a series of lower highs since 2007 (line c).

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Additionally, initial sales data show that C-Max is stealing hybrid sales away from other brands at an impressive clip: Its conquest rate is about 64 percent, with Prius and the Honda CR-V ranking as the top nameplates abandoned by customers in favor of C-Max.

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Several other banks are the targets of a multistate probe into how auction rate securities were presented and sold to investors, including Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people ), Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER - news - people ) and Morgan Stanley (nyse: MS - news - people ).

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Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people ), for one, has battled for over a year to keep the rate of expense growth below that of revenue gains, and it promises it will get back to positive territory by the end of this year.

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