These claims are accompanied by the statistics from one area or another and of course a significant drop in heart attacks just as the smoking ban becomes active in that area.

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Mr Moss cites statistics showing that the area where children are allowed to range unsupervised around their homes has shrunk by 90% since the 1970s.

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The ECB's wake-up call is likely to come when its statistics department discovers that credit growth in the euro area has contracted for the first time since the formation of the European Monetary Union, says Cailloux.

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Henry and Cooper are also finishing nearly half of all the opportunities that fall to them in the penalty area, according to OPTA, a company that tracks soccer statistics.

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As of September, the unemployment rate in the Dayton area was 7.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Recorded crime in the Dyfed-Powys Police force area fell by 3% over the same period, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics.

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But the BMA document claims that the statistics do not include adjustments for the fact cases can vary widely in type and complexity, or for the area hospitals are in.

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