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A mathematician said the chance for same six numbers coming up twice in a row was one in four million, but he said coincidences do happen.

One in four women suffering low-level mental health problems have taken at least a week off work as a result.

One in four people will experience some kind of mental problem in the course of a year.

Even worse is that of these women, one in four experience chronic abdominal pain, infertility or abnormal pregnancy.

How to Keep Psychologically Healthy? One in four people will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year.

Replacing just one in four of those meetings by a video call, they add, would save as much power as the entire internet consumes.

Over one in four unemployed people have now been out of work for over a year.

The British average is about one in four and only Liverpool, among the bigger cities, is more dependent on the public sector.

And around one in four said they bought far more clothes than they needed and wished they'd spend some of that money on other things.

Today about one in four humans speaks at least some English, according to the British Council.

America is said to be a country on the wheel, which means almost one in four is driving on the road.

Only one in four "lost" wallets were returned to the West Midlands city but with the money removed.

The probability of finding a perfect match among siblings was one in four.

Researchers found that at least one in four women exaggerated or distorted what they are doing on social media once a month.

For girls, the prediction is just over one-in-four, down from earlier forecasts that almost half would be dangerously overweight.

The ratio could reach one in four within a year.

Innocent children wander the streets. Sadly, one in four children dies before the age of five in Afghanistan.

By 2040, more than one in four Europeans are expected to be at least 65, and one in seven at least 75.

Despite some of the flakiest mobile-network coverage in the developed world, one in four households has now gone mobile-only.

But the fortunes of his constituents depend on the casinos, where one in four residents is employed.

The average is 11. 5 per cent, but as many as one in four young people have no qualifications in parts of London and the West Midlands.

The ORB survey follows an earlier report by the organization which suggested one in four Iraqi adults had had a family member killed.

One in four computer hackers is secretly working for the FBI and US secret service to inform on their peers, it has been claimed.

Not worried about food poisoning, though it affects one in four Americans a year and kills 5, 000?

Government economists calculate that 1m workers, or one in four of those employed by the state, are surplus to requirements.

More than one in three Muslims are white, roughly one in four are black, one in five are Asian, and nearly one in five are of other races.

One in four British adults now suffers from a chronic lack of sleep, and one fifth of schoolchildren have psychological problems.

About one in four american adults participate in an organized learning group each year.

Many have lost family members (one in four children is an orphan in Zimbabwe), and can't afford food or schooling.

One in four secretaries reported not receiving any training regarding administration of student medication.

Officially, nearly one in four South Africans is now jobless; the real number is probably nearer one in three. Inflation is running at 8%.

China, which now accounts for one in four shipping containers handled worldwide, has prepared itself well for recent surges in cargo.

Studies suggest that about one in four people who get infected with a cold virus don't get sick.

One in four women faces discrimination at work and 17 percent have felt sexually harassed at the office, according to a new survey.

The pigs were then bred naturally, and about one in four of the piglets were born with two disrupted copies of the gene.

One in four, you said, wanted to get rid of me?

Nearly one in four American couples sleep in separate bedrooms or beds, the National Sleep Foundation reported in a 2005 survey.

Partners and spouses are the most spoiled. Almost one in four people said they will spend the most on their partner this Christmas.

"We feel the letter falls far short of addressing the concerns of the victims, " Maeve Lewis of the group One in Four told Reuters.

Almost one in four Americans with mortgages have "negative equity" , owing more than their house is worth.

At the meeting, one in four is against the decision.

One in four said carping was a way of relaxing.

Previous research has shown that one in four Britons are trying to lose weight at any one time.

But about one in four cases have also involved either vomiting or diarrhea, which is not typical for the normal flu bug.

Those babies had a one in four chance of being obese at age 3 if they started eating solid foods before they were 4 months old.

One in four callers to the UK Insolvency Helpline blames their financial problems on paying for sex.

Birmingham fared the worst, with one in four wallets returned and all being empty.

Research suggests only one in four knows the harm cigarettes or second-hand smoke can cause.

Today, chronic power shortages plague 30 African countries and only one in four Africans has access to electricity.

Although the majority of Americans say it is unacceptable, nearly one in four married adults still cheat on their spouses.

The African nation has the world's highest rate of HIV, which affects one in four adults and causes the majority of deaths.

One in three men had regrets about work and career, compared with one in four women with similar regrets.

Five years ago, about one in four Australian capex dollars was spent on mining structures, plants and machinery.

A bar chart of the period resembles a row of jagged teeth with about one in four knocked out.

Drinking may be to blame for one in four cases of dementia, doctors have warned.

The number of the young people in the US who cannot read is incredible---about one in four.

Around one in four of us carries the 'mean gene', which we have inherited from our parents.

The proportion of adults in England who are an unhealthy size has soared over the past 15 years with one in four now seriously overweight.

One in four French workers is employed by the public sector.

In fact, one in four millionaires pays a lower tax rate than millions of hardworking middle-class households.

One in four said they were still in contact with their closest pal from primary school, according to the friendship poll.

But despite their unhappiness, one in four Britons remain in their jobs because they do not feel there are better ones to move to.

One in four say the emergency room is their primary source of care and, as the recession bites, that proportion is growing.

This year, this ratio will increase to one in four, according to Guillermo Wille, the centre's managing director.

It finds one in four people will require mental health care at some point in their lives.

Tumors shrink in one in four patients with advanced melanoma who get this treatment.

But California already has one in four of America's solar-energy jobs and will add many more.

Just over one in four fathers gave up work or cut their hours after their children were born.

If both parents carry the same mutated genes, there's a one-in-four chance they will pass that disease on to their baby.

Add those to the mix and about one in four men of prime working age lacks a full-time job.

One in four said they felt they would never fully recover from the heartbreak.

Nearly one in four English people have said they plan to watch the games pint in hand.

One in four Britons has also used a sunbed, a survey for Cancer Research UK found.

A recent survey found one in four Spanish men admitted to having paid for sex.

Meanwhile, more than one-in-four of us is considered obese.

The central bank estimates 20 top business families control one in four listed companies.

That's because half the seniors were already taking blood pressure drugs and more than one in four were taking cholesterol drugs in 2001.

A study by researchers at Northwestern and the University of Chicago found that as many as one in four defaults may be strategic.

Studies suggest as few as one in four of the population are aware of the health risks.

Around one in four mobile phones sold now support Bluetooth.

By the time their child reaches 12 weeks, as many as one in four are feeling down.

One in four people who didn't vote in 2006 said that they were "too busy" or had "conflicting work or school schedules. "

One in four US hackers 'is an FBI informer'

For example, in sub-Saharan Africa, one in four women who wish to delay or stop childbearing does not use any family planning method.

On average one in four doctors and one nurse in 20 trained in Africa is working in OECD countries.

One in four employed adults earned less than $6. 19 an hour.

One in four Americans believes it's OK to lie to an insurer.

One in four of China's 400m internet users buy online, according to the state-run China Internet Network Information Centre.

More than one in four women aged 35 and over 'never' have sex, a new UK survey has revealed.

Today, one in four people, or a quarter of world's population uses English, and as many as one billon people are learning it.

As many as one in four adults are regular snorers, with sleep apnoea a major factor.

Seized properties now account for almost one in four sales (see chart 2).

In Auckland, where one in four own a sailboat, there is big disappointment.

In 1815, one in four deaths in England was of consumption; by 1918 one in six deaths in France were still caused by TB.

The Hollywood hunk, 43, was picked by more than one in four blokes.

And in some countries like India, one in four people are now accessing the web via Chrome.

It is the most important during the planning the stage, but only by one in four users.

Today one in four men and one in five women still smoke.

Of the 1, 800, 000 people living in Vancouver now, half are not natives. One in four who live there come from Asia.

The figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions predict that one in four people aged under 16 will now live to at least 100.

In 2008, one in four workers in America with a degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics was 50 or over.

While one in every two people in the developing world was poor just 25 years ago, today it is one in four.

One in four people spend more time socialising online, using sites such as Facebook, than they do in person, according to research.

Around one in four said they will delay their retirement until they are aged 70 or above.

Is it any wonder, then, that almost one in four couples sleeps in separate beds or bedrooms, according to the National Sleep Foundation.

That one in four women takes mental health medication should not be that surprising.

One in four renters -- or about 10. 1 million households -- spend half their paychecks on rent and utilities, the study found.

They lied, and I am recently reminded of this when I read that one in four adults in New York City has herpes.

Three in ten returned because they could not pay their mortgages and around one in four did so after a relationship break-up.

By 2050, they say, one in four Chinese will be 65 or older.

One in four children aged 13-15 smokes.

Barclays, for example, banks one in four UK corporate businesses.

A new study has revealed that one in four men regularly dream about their ex-girlfriends.

A recent survey from the Economic Policy Institute found that one in four households had reported a lay-off in the past year.

Nearly one in four graduates last year could not find work, Xinhua, the state-run news agency, reported.

One in four GM cars is now made in China.

More than one in four people in Hong Kong has high blood pressure.

One in four shops is caught selling knives to children under 16