Sentence examples for average annual reduction rate from inspiring English sources
The speed of progress in reducing the U5MR is measured here by calculating the average annual reduction rate (AARR).
No other region managed to maintain an average annual reduction rate of 3 per cent or above in that period.
As the rate of progress lags Setting MDG 4 assumed an average annual reduction rate (AARR) of 4.4 per cent in the under-five mortality rate each year between 1990 and 2015.
This is a significant decline compared to that in many countries in the region and exceeds the average annual reduction rate of about 4.3% required to achieve the targets of the Millennium Development Goal related to reducing child mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015 (MDG 4).
The average annual reduction rates for the poorest 20% of the population for infant and under-five mortality rates in Malawi are in the order of 2.2% and 2.7% respectively- much lower than the population average.
Hence, although it appears potentially feasible to achieve the targets of MDG 4 with the current population average annual reduction rates, disaggregation by wealth quintile indicates that the poorest 20% are unlikely to achieve it.
The convergence in death rates by sex was strongest for the first week after birth: average annual reduction in the early neonatal death rate was 0.24 per 1000 boys (95% CI: 0.23, 0.25) and 0.17 per 1000 girls (95% CI: 0.16, 0.18).
Between 2000 and 2015, this country of just under 12 million people achieved the highest average annual reduction in both the under-five mortality rate and the maternal mortality ratio in the world.
The average rate of attrition is about 500 jobs a year, and early retirement incentives have produced an additional average annual reduction of about 300 jobs in recent years.
(2) The annual average sediment yield decreased from 26.15 t/ha in 2000 to 23.81 t/ha in 2010, with an average annual reduction of 0.23 t/ha.
