mortality ratio
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmortalityandratio
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mortality
noun[U]
uk/mɔːˈtæl.ə.ti/us/mɔːrˈtæl.ə.t̬i/
the way that people do not live ...
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ratio
noun[C]
uk/ˈreɪ.ʃi.əʊ/us/ˈreɪ.ʃi.oʊ/
the relationship between two groups or amounts that expresses how much bigger one is than ...
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(Definition ofmortalityandratiofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The national rate (standardizedmortalityratio100) is 26-1 male deaths per 10,000 living.
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The standardizedmortalityratiois expressed in terms of the standard rate for the whole country taken as 100.
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The national rate (standardizedmortalityratio100) is 3-48 male deaths per 10,000 living.
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Among recorded cases, the highmortalityratioin this outbreak was mainly observed among the elderly, who had associated diseases.
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The national rate (standardizedmortalityratio100) is 9-47 male deaths per 10,000 living.
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The national rate (standardizedmortalityratio100) is 125-8 male deaths per 10,000 living.
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In this, the replacement ratio is compared to themortalityratio, and in most samples is seen to be virtually identical.
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At the age of 20, a spinal cord injured person has amortalityratioeight times higher than the same age of the general population.
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The national rate (standardizedmortalityratio100) is 8-6 male deaths per 10,000 living.
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Fertility decline reduces the maternalmortalityratioto the extent that it reduces the proportion of pregnancies to demographically high risk women.
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The earlier stages of fertility decline are also likely to have reduced the maternalmortalityratio by reducing the proportion of high risk births among multiparous, older women.
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A more accurate estimate of the male-to-female neonatalmortalityratiomight be calculated using vital registry data from the year 1991 and should be done if these data become available.
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There is no single "standardisedmortalityratio" for hospitals, nor yet full agreement as to how one should be defined.
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The validity of the standardisedmortalityratiofor older age groups is highly suspect.
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The measurement used for determining health need is the standardisedmortalityratiofor those under 65 years.
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In the well-to-do group, themortalityratiowas 58, whereas in the unskilled labour group it was 143.
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