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Calculated by dividing the number of people who have died of a particular cancer during a given period of time by the total population at risk.
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The frequency of deaths in proportion to a specific population.
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the rate at which a population or organisms are dying due to adverse environmental conditions, a disease situation or some other stress impacting the population.
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The frequency with which death occurs or is expected to occur among a defined group of people.
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A rate calculated in the same way as an incidence rate (qv), by dividing the number of deaths occurring in the population during the stated period of time, usually a year, by the number of persons at risk of dying during the period. A total or crude mortality rate utilizes deaths from all causes, usually expressed as deaths per 1,000. A disease-specific mortality rate covers deaths due to only one disease and is often reported on the basis of 100,000 persons. ...
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