1.   Beginning salaries were slightly higher in selected areas where the prevailing local pay level was higher.

2.   Car ownership rates are higher in rural areas than the national average.

3.   Furthermore, it is clear from the accident records that the casualty rate is higher in each age group.

4.   Living expenses are much higher in London.

5.   Living expenses are much higher in New York.

6.   Many traders and economists still believe the dollar is likely to head higher in the medium term.

7.   Optimism remains relatively higher in the North than in the southern part of the country.

8.   Quality of care was also higher in Arizona than in a comparable traditional program.

9.   Seatbelt-use rates are higher in other industrial nations than in the United States.