Laboratory marmosets increased weight at a rate of nine percent per ten-year period.

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Between 1987 and 1996, the incidence of type 2 diabetes rose by nine percent per year, according to the American Diabetes Association.

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Eight or nine percent per year is not going to be enough to repair the gaping hole in retirement accounts left by the ugly bear market of 2007 and 2008.

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According to the Center for Responsible Lending, the typical payday borrower makes an average of nine loans per year at annual interest rates over 400 percent.

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