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  2. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    In general, if an increase of x percent is followed by a decrease of x percent, and the initial amount was p, the final amount is p (1 + 0.01 x)(1 − 0.01 x) = p (1 − (0.01 x) 2); hence the net change is an overall decrease by x percent of x percent (the square of the original percent change when expressed as a decimal number).

  3. Adolescent sexuality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The percentage of high school students in the US who reported that they have ever had sexual intercourse dropped from 54.1% in 1991 to 47.8% in 2007, [5] 43% in 2011 [25] and 39.5% in 2017. [4] A cross-sectional survey in 1998 found that fear of pregnancy was the most commonly cited reason for choosing abstinence, especially among girls, as ...

  4. Demographics of sexual orientation - Wikipedia

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    The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, a sexual orientation law think tank, released a study in April 2011 [116] estimating based on its research that 1.7 percent of American adults identify as gay or lesbian, while another 1.8 percent identify as bisexual. Drawing on information from four national and two state-level population-based ...

  5. Composition of the human body - Wikipedia

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    About 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements: potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium. All 11 are necessary for life. The remaining elements are trace elements, of which more than a dozen are ...

  6. Grading systems by country - Wikipedia

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    Percentage Tier I A+ ... English 13.4/20, Biology 8.25/20) English: 5 credits × 13.4 = 67 out of possible 100 ... Obtaining a grade higher than 16/20 is considered ...

  7. Demographics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, out of the U.S. foreign-born population, some 45% (20.7 million) were naturalized citizens, 27% (12.3 million) were lawful permanent residents (including many eligible to become citizens), 6% (2.2 million) were temporary lawful residents, and 23% (10.5 million) were unauthorized immigrants. [70]

  8. LGBT demographics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    As a percentage of all US adults, 3.1% identify as bisexual, 1.4% as gay, 0.7% as lesbian, and 0.6% as transgender. [63] According to a 2021 report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), "at least 20 million adults in the United States could be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people." and "Millions more could be another identity that is ...

  9. List of U.S. states and territories by African-American ...

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    Considering only those who marked "black" and no other race in combination, as in the first table, the percentage was 12.4% in 2020, down from 12.6% in 2010. [1] Considering those who marked "black" and any other race in combination, as in the second table, the percentage increased from 13.6% to 14.2%.