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Pernicious anemia is the most common cause of vitamin B 12 deficiency anemia in adults, which results from malabsorption of vitamin B 12 due to a lack or loss of intrinsic factor. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] There are relatively few studies which have assessed the impact of haematological measures in response to B 12 supplementation.
This addresses the political discrimination of women at various levels: parties are forced to give women the opportunity to run, the women candidates are not disadvantaged by a male incumbent or general biases for male over female leadership, and the pool of women candidates is increased because of the guaranteed opportunity for female ...
When women got the vote in 1918, 67.7% of eligible voters voted, which represented 35.8% of the total population, a huge jump from previous elections. [ citation needed ] The average eligible voter turnout for Canada's general elections since 1867 has been 70.5% [ citation needed ]
About 1 in 475 denials will last until around the 20th week of pregnancy. The proportion of cases of denial, persisting until delivery is about 1 in 2500. [70] Conversely, some non-pregnant women have a very strong belief that they are pregnant along with some of the physical changes. This condition is known as a false pregnancy. [71]
The homeownership rate in the United States [1] [2] is the percentage of homes that are owned by their occupants. [3] In 2009, it remained similar to that in some other post-industrial nations [4] with 67.4% of all occupied housing units being occupied by the unit's owner.
It is a common misconception that eating disorders are restricted only to women, and this may have skewed research disproportionately to study female populations. [357] In the developed world , binge eating disorder affects about 1.6% of women and 0.8% of men in a given year. [ 1 ]
Most intersex people identify as either men or women, [12] although some identify as only non-binary, some identify as non-binary and genderfluid, such as Hida Viloria, while others identify as non-binary men or non-binary women. Non-binary people as a group vary in their gender expressions, and some may reject gender identity altogether. [13]
The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages.Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and Northern Asia, though there is a large Slavic minority scattered across the Baltic states and Central Asia, [1] [2] and a substantial Slavic diaspora in the ...