risk of death

collocation in English

meaningsofriskanddeath

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risk
noun
uk
/rɪsk/
us
/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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death
noun[C or U]
uk
/deθ/
us
/deθ/
the end ...
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(Definition ofriskanddeathfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If the initial pill with 5%riskofdeathwas refused, a pill with 1%riskofdeathwas offered.
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Theriskofdeathwas ordered from lowest to highest.
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It is possible that such differences could alter theriskofdeathpredicted by our model.
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This polymorphism was associated with reducedriskofdeathand/or disease progression.
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Our main calculation assumes the socalled human capital approach to increasedriskofdeath.
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The patient was first asked to consider a pill with 5%riskofdeath.
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When consent was obtained; 86% discussedriskofdeath, 79% the success rate and 68% both.
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Physical activity after a breast cancer diagnosis may reduce theriskofdeathfrom this disease.
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Theriskofdeathvaried by organism but less by age.
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If accepted, a pill with 99%riskofdeathwas offered.
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If accepted, a pill with 50%riskofdeathwas presented.
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Seeking water often bringsriskofdeathfrom predators that wait for prey at watering places.
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Published cohort studies are largely limited to males and are too small to estimate the age-specificriskofdeath.
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There was a higherriskofdeathand hospitalization in infants than in children aged 1- 4 years.
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Theriskofdeathat other ages, most notably between one and three years of age, was often quite high.
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Our present data include only 24 deaths and theriskofdeathmust still be estimated from retrospective studies.
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As it happens, theriskofdeathemanates from a person, but that fact is not critical to your motivation.
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Denying support to the population amounts to abandoning them to theriskofdeathfrom malnutrition and diseases.
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Multiple pairwise comparisons forriskofdeathbetween different exposure times of cotton samples were not significant.
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In conclusion high-dose propranolol therapy reduces theriskofdeathby 87-97% compared with the other treatment regimes.
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Moreover, the relativeriskofdeathamong the early-retirement benefit recipients increased with time since retirement.
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The highest relativeriskofdeathin comparison to the general population was found in females aged 15-24 years.
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Second, the patient must understand the risks, benefits, and alternatives to the treatment, including theriskofdeath.
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As the area under the curve becomes progressively smaller in each panel, it represents an increasedriskofdeath.
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