About two-thirds of the boys now come from public schools.

* About 50 people in Vernon, Florida collected insurance claims for loss-of-limb accidents in the late 1950s and early 1960s ; this was more than two-thirds of all such claims in the United States during that time.

About two-thirds of the Burgess Shale organisms lived by feeding on the organic content in the muddy sea floor, while almost a third filtered out fine particles from the water column.

About two-thirds of people with chronic symptoms have cardiac damage, including dilated cardiomyopathy, which causes heart rhythm abnormalities and may result in sudden death.

About two-thirds of the total population is under age 30, 36 % of whom are under 14.

About two-thirds of the annual precipitation occurs between June and September.

About two-thirds of young Swiss men are found suitable for service, while alternative service exists for those found unsuitable.

About two-thirds of Australian marsupials belong to the order Diprotodontia, which is split into three suborders: the Vombatiformes ( wombats and the koala, 4 species in total ); the large and diverse Phalangeriformes ( the possums and gliders ) and Macropodiformes ( kangaroos, potoroos, wallabies and the musky rat-kangaroo ).

About two-thirds of Oakland lies in the flat plain of the East Bay, with one-third rising into the foothills and hills of the East Bay range.

About two-thirds of body cells require insulin to absorb glucose and in its absence, they will not be able to use the glucose ( blood sugar ) for energy.

About two-thirds of all variable stars appear to be pulsating.

About two-thirds of the population lives on New Providence Island ( the location of Nassau ), and about half of the remaining one-third lives on Grand Bahama ( the location of Freeport ).

About two-thirds of its people, many of whom are subsistence farmers, live in poverty.

About two-thirds of all prescriptions are dispensed as solid dosage forms, and half of these are compressed tablets.

About one-third are from government and politics, and two-thirds from finance, industry, labour, education and communications.

About two-thirds of the county's population lives in the city's suburbs.

About two-thirds of gay and lesbian students in Britain ’ s schools have suffered from gay bullying, a survey by the Schools Health Education Unit found.

About one in every three users of mass transit in the United States and two-thirds of the nation's rail riders live in New York City.

About two-thirds of the local population are in the federal poverty range, the majority are migrant laborers and every May, the population triples to 25, 000 to 40, 000 giving Mecca the distinction as the highest population density of any community in rural California ( about 15, 000 per square mile ).

About two-thirds of Verde Village residents are retired.

About two-thirds were owner-occupied, and one-third rented.

About two-thirds of the population died in the epidemics, decreasing the population to about 12, 000.

About two-thirds of the Moon's mare basalts erupted within the Upper Imbrian Series, with many of these lavas filling the depressions associated with older impact basins.

About one-third of the north's imports came down the northeast railroad from the PRC, while the remaining two-thirds came by sea through Haiphong and other ports.

About half of the refugees were SPLA soldiers with more than 5000 weapons, who allegedly occupied towns as far as 200 km into the C. A. R.

About 80, 000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.

About 1700 of them died and 30 Nepalese soldiers were lost in that battle.

About 5, 800 soldiers and 3, 000 porters were allotted for the offensive operation.

About 56, 000 soldiers died in prisons during the American Civil War — almost 10 % of all Civil War fatalities.

About 20, 000 Syrian soldiers were deployed in Lebanon until 27 April 2005, when the last of Syria's troops left the country.

About 100, 000 Polish military personnel were evacuated to Romania and the Baltic countries ; many of these soldiers later fought against the Germans in other theatres of the war.

** About 8, 000 U. S. soldiers land in South Vietnam ; U. S. troops now total 190, 000.

About 25 % of the city's buildings were destroyed in a fire set by retreating Confederate soldiers, with Union soldiers putting out the fires as they entered the city.

About 450 British soldiers from 2nd Battalion, The Scots Guards and Staffordshire Regiment ( elements of the 24th Infantry Brigade ) responded, surrounded the First Battalion barracks at Jinja, seized the armory, and quelled the mutiny.

About 40, 000 communist soldiers infiltrated south in 1961 – 63.

About 75, 000 communist soldiers were killed, according to Trần Văn Trà, commander of the " B-2 " district, which consisted of southern South Vietnam.

About twenty British soldiers, three civilians and two IRA men were killed in the ensuing gun battle.

About 3200 of Lawrence County's men were soldiers in the Union Army by 1862 in the American Civil War.

About 40, 000 soldiers preparing for the war stayed at the camp.

About a third of Napoleon's soldiers were killed or wounded ; Russian losses were also heavy, but her casualties could be replaced since large forces of militia were already with the Russian Army and replacement depots which were close by had already been gathering and training troops.

About 5, 000 French soldiers were killed or wounded and 3, 000 were taken prisoner, while Wellington's forces suffered about 5, 000 killed or wounded.

About 630 of the Mexican soldiers were killed and 730 captured, while only 9 Texians died.

About 1, 500 Habsburg soldiers were killed in the attack.

About 230, 000 Chinese soldiers crossed into South Korean territory on December 31 and captured Seoul as part of the Third Phase Campaign, but were forced to evacuate it with heavy losses on March 14, 1951 as the UN forces counterattacked during the course of Fourth Phase Campaign.

About 1, 500 Habsburg soldiers were killed in the attack.

About 15, 000 Egyptian soldiers were killed, 4482 fell into captivity and 80 % of the Egyptian tanks were destroyed.

About 300 Israeli soldiers were taken captive.