The ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area or during a particular period of time, usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year.
死亡率
improved diets have reduced death rates
Example sentencesExamples
Some argue that boxing has a lower death rate per year from acute injury than other sports.
We should start to see the death rate and the injury rate on New Zealand roads reducing even further.
Other advances in technology and good antenatal care have reduced the death rate.
Those at the bottom suffered three times the death rate of those at the top.
States don't have all the resources they need, and that is contributing to the high death rate, he said.
After introducing an extensive programme of sport in schools it has cut its death rate by 75%.
The new figures mean the widely-accepted death rate in Scotland of nine patients a week has been revised to 36.
Forecasts that change the assumed attack rate or the death rate will yield different predictions.
Keep in mind that the death rate varies as a function of age and the death rate is higher in the elderly.
They said the virus was likely to come to Scotland and that the death rate could be much higher than has previously been predicted.
At the same time, the death rate from injuries and homicides among men fell 40 per cent.
If the vaccinations are not done, the death rate could easily match that of the 1991 outbreak, he said.
They said the analysis proved screening reduced the death rate by 21 per cent.
Statistics show that the death rate among lonely people is twice that of more emotionally fulfilled people.
If the death rate in Bristol in this period had been the same as the average of other units, only 24 babies would have died.
While the death rate from coronary heart disease is falling, the number of people living with the disease is increasing.
Improved health services have decreased the infant mortality rate and the general death rate.
The dramatic rise in fuel costs means there is a real and significant danger that the winter death rate could rise even higher.
The death rate for heroin addicts is between 10 and 20 times higher than the rest of the population of the same age.
That trend and a soaring death rate are helping reduce Russia's population at a rapid rate.
Definition of death rate in US English:
death rate
nounˈdɛθ ˈˌreɪtˈdeTH ˈˌrāt
The ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area or during a particular period of time, usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year.
死亡率
improved diets have reduced death rates
Example sentencesExamples
Forecasts that change the assumed attack rate or the death rate will yield different predictions.
After introducing an extensive programme of sport in schools it has cut its death rate by 75%.
The death rate for heroin addicts is between 10 and 20 times higher than the rest of the population of the same age.
Other advances in technology and good antenatal care have reduced the death rate.
While the death rate from coronary heart disease is falling, the number of people living with the disease is increasing.
States don't have all the resources they need, and that is contributing to the high death rate, he said.
Some argue that boxing has a lower death rate per year from acute injury than other sports.
Statistics show that the death rate among lonely people is twice that of more emotionally fulfilled people.
If the vaccinations are not done, the death rate could easily match that of the 1991 outbreak, he said.
They said the virus was likely to come to Scotland and that the death rate could be much higher than has previously been predicted.
At the same time, the death rate from injuries and homicides among men fell 40 per cent.
If the death rate in Bristol in this period had been the same as the average of other units, only 24 babies would have died.
The new figures mean the widely-accepted death rate in Scotland of nine patients a week has been revised to 36.
Those at the bottom suffered three times the death rate of those at the top.
Keep in mind that the death rate varies as a function of age and the death rate is higher in the elderly.
That trend and a soaring death rate are helping reduce Russia's population at a rapid rate.
We should start to see the death rate and the injury rate on New Zealand roads reducing even further.
The dramatic rise in fuel costs means there is a real and significant danger that the winter death rate could rise even higher.
They said the analysis proved screening reduced the death rate by 21 per cent.
Improved health services have decreased the infant mortality rate and the general death rate.