91.   It was touted as one of several Clinton administration efforts to raise the homeonwnership rate among young families.

92.   Japanese bond prices rose as the Bank of Japan moved to lower overnight loan rates among banks Friday, for the first time in more than five months.

93.   Lack of equal access to health care has long been suspected as a contributing factor to high cancer rates among African American men and women.

94.   Little new supply there has kept vacancy rates among the lowest in the U.S., while rents rise faster than in most markets.

95.   Meanwhile, the suicide rate among teens is at an all-time high.

96.   Medicare spending is tightly linked to disability rates among its beneficiaries.

97.   Moreover, the failure rate among CUNY graduates on the state teacher certification tests is troubling.

98.   More services for pregnant women no doubt helped decrease the infant mortality rates among blacks, McRoy said.

99.   Ms. Tarlton said that studies had shown that new infection rates among the people enrolled in needle exchange programs had been halved.

100.   Much of the increase is the result of high fertility rates among Mexican-Americans, particularly recent immigrants.