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mortality rate [mȯr′tal·əd·ē ‚rāt] (medicine) For a given period of time, the ratio of the number of deaths occurring per 1000 population. Also known as death rate. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| ``The more the delay, the more the mortality rate goes up. Mortality rates were compared with standard emergency thresholds of 1 death/10,000/day (crude mortality rate [CMR]) and 2 deaths/10,000/day (under 5 mortality rate [U5MR]) (10). Even so, MacDorman's research revealed that the neonatal mortality rate for these elective cesarean births was still more than twice that of vaginal births. |
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