1.   The results raise fears that the thinning ozone layer, and consequent increase in ultra-violet radiation, may be leading to an alarming rise in skin cancer.

2.   Belfast has consequently experienced an alarming rise in organized criminal activity.

3.   But they say the burnings of black churches are evidence of an alarming rise in racial tensions.

4.   Despite this alarming rise, women continue to cause a relatively small percentage of the crimes in the United States.

5.   Experts attribute the alarming rise in teen betting to the ever-increasing availability of legalized gaming.

6.   For the debt-ridden corporate sector, the plan promises various tax and financing incentives to curb the alarming rise in bankruptcies.

7.   In humans, they include alarming rises in testicular and prostate cancers, lowered sperm counts, more undescended testicles and urethral defects.

8.   The alarming rise in electronic burglary comes just as cyberspace is becoming a major artery for commerce.

9.   The surgery, which is becoming increasingly popular, mirrors the alarming rise in obesity and the failure of diet, exercise and weight-loss drugs to help.

10.   Pointing to an alarming rise in drug abuse and narcotics-related crimes, Russian officials said Monday that immediate measures must be taken in the struggle against drugs.