capita
plural of caput.
an individual person, as used in the phrase per capita.
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The United States ranks among the 10 worst nations for covid-19 cases and deaths per capita.
Researchers identify social factors inoculating some communities against coronavirus | Christopher Ingraham | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostThe Super Bowl tends to feature a few overly patriotic ads each year, and General Motors put a fun spin on that tradition by giving Will Ferrell a vendetta against Norway for selling more electric cars per capita than the United States.
The 8 best Super Bowl commercials, from an ‘Edward Scissorhands’ sequel to Michael B. Jordan’s Alexa | Sonia Rao, Maura Judkis | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostCommunities of color tend to have fewer pharmacies per capita, putting them at a disadvantage in the coronavirus vaccination effort.
People of color are already disadvantaged in the coronavirus vaccine effort | Michelle McGhee | January 22, 2021 | AxiosData compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates the fewest doses per capita have been distributed in Nevada, South Carolina and Texas.
‘Pixie dust’: Why some vaccine sits on shelves while shortages intensify nationwide | Isaac Stanley-Becker, Lena H. Sun | January 22, 2021 | Washington PostIts path to mandatory restrictions has left the Nordic country with more than three times more virus deaths per capita than Denmark, the closest regional peer in terms of fatalities.
As deaths surge, Sweden reverses its light touch approach to contain rising infections | Katherine Dunn | January 13, 2021 | Fortune
We see the effects of a state that spends more money per capita on prisons than it does on education.
The highest per capita wine consumption in the world is in the Vatican.
Higher per capita income, longer histories of democratic stability, legal status, and religion.
It Gets Better—but Mostly if You Live in a Rich, Democratic Country | Jay Michaelson | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen he faced a $3.7 billion deficit, the largest in state history, and the largest per capita in the nation.
Dan Malloy Is Progressives’ Dream Governor. So Why Isn’t He Winning? | David Freedlander | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFar less appreciated, Houston, rather than being a southern city of duller wits, actually ranks second in engineers per capita.
Battle of the Upstarts: Houston vs. San Francisco Bay | Joel Kotkin | October 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTVnica hc adest D. Potrincurtij familia, sine feminis capita sumus viginti.
When a Klan is chartered, a per capita tax of $1.85 for each member is required to be sent to the Imperial Palace.
The Modern Ku Klux Klan | Henry Peck FryThe per capita wages of Japanese laborers here are, of course, amazingly low.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up | Clarence PoeEngland cut her sugar allowance per capita from about seven and a half pounds a month to two, and France from nearly four to one.
In the early hours of the afternoon they re-embarked, the capita of the village coming to the beach to see them off.
The Keepers of the King's Peace | Edgar Wallace
British Dictionary definitions for capita
/ (ˈkæpɪtə) /
See per capita
anatomy the plural of caput
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