1.   Illiteracy rates among women in many countries are a serious cause for concern.

2.   Mortality rates among the adult working population parallel the progressive incidence of illness that occurs as one moves down the social hierarchy.

3.   Officials insist the case is unrelated to the explosion in homicide rates among teenagers.

4.   The acceptance rate among potential volunteers would appear to vary around the country.

5.   The data shows that suicide rates among young men have increased over the last twenty years.

6.   The home ownership rate among women continues to lag, Cisneros said at a news conference.

7.   The programs have been highly successful at reducing poverty rates among the elderly.

8.   The suicide rate among former soldiers is very high.

9.   They are a fundamental part of the social safety net and have kept the poverty rate among the elderly relatively low.

10.   This is due inpart to rising divorce rates, but also because remarriage rates among divorced women have fallen in recent years.