accounting for
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After accounting for differences in age, race, and sex, researchers found that the proportion of patients who died within 30 days of a stroke declined from 11.7% in 1993-1994 to 9.4% in 2020.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Europe’s space economy has taken off, with companies in the region raising $6.3 billion in the third quarter, accounting for 28% of total global investment, according to Space Capital.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Responding to AFP, Tenreyro said AI had been a major factor driving the world economy, accounting for almost half of the increase in global trade from 2023 to 2025.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Seventeen of 104 funding rounds tracked in the third quarter came in at $100 million or more, accounting for 68% of total disclosed funding and the second-highest count since 2020, the firm said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Black women replaced them, accounting for 60 percent of all domestics in the 1940s, and dominated the field until other occupations began to open up to them.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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