loading...| Preferred Name | Mortality Rate | |
| Synonyms |
mortality rate Mortality Rate Death Rate Mortality mortality |
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| Definitions |
The proportion of deaths occurring in a population over a specified time. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C16880 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
A measure of the frequency of occurrence of death in a defined population during a specified interval. [After Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, Third Edition. An Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics] See also morbidity, morbidity rate, incidence, prevalence, incidence rate. Refers to the death rate, or the number of deaths in a certain group of people in a certain period of time. Mortality may be reported for people who have a certain disease, live in one area of the country, or who are of a certain gender, age, or ethnic group. |
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| code |
C16880 |
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| Concept_In_Subset | ||
| Contributing_Source |
CDISC-GLOSS |
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| DEFINITION |
The proportion of deaths occurring in a population over a specified time. |
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| FULL_SYN |
mortality rate Mortality Rate Death Rate Mortality mortality |
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| label |
Mortality Rate |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Mortality |
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| Preferred_Name |
Mortality Rate |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C16880 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Quantitative Concept |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0026565 |
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| subClassOf |