The phrase "average for the preceding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing statistical data or calculations that relate to previous values or periods.
Example: "The average for the preceding quarter showed a significant increase in sales compared to the previous year."
Alternatives: "mean of the prior" or "average of the previous".
a Ratio of deaths in post-flood periods compared with average for the preceding year.
To level out yearly variation, this SEP indicator was calculated as an average for the preceding three years and categorised as low, middle and high income (low: ≤16,536 £/year, middle: >16,536 ≤ 33,095 £/year and high: >33,095 £/year) based on the 20%, 60% and 20% income distribution among the 60,000 persons in the study base.
Exposure to road traffic noise and NOx were modeled as time-weighted averages for the preceding 5 years (taking all present and historical addresses during that period into account), or as the average yearly exposure at the current residence.
We calculated average exposures for the preceding 1, 5 and 30 years before study inclusion.
However, in the validation study of the PAQ, we found that the 5-year average of exercise habits correlated well with exercise during the preceding year as measured by multiple 7-day PAQ and 7-day logs [ 45], suggesting that exercise patterns in our study population are relatively stable and that the averaged exercise for the preceding 5 years reflects the participants' current exercise patterns.
Average pain intensity was reported as average pain intensity for the preceding four weeks on a numeric rating scale (NRS; 0 = no pain to 10 = maximal pain).
In the last 18 years there has been an average of 124 national disasters declared across the U.S. comparing to an annual average of 39 for the preceding 50.
But refusing to do so is in itself a far-reaching statement – it says the huge price being paid by civilians in Gaza, many of them children, must be censored". Aid agencies said on Wednesday that a child had been killed in Gaza on average every hour for the preceding two days, and more than 70,000 children had been forced to flee their homes.
We determine the average daily temperature for the preceding 5 years.
The Tanita PD724 pedometer displays a cumulative step count for each day and also retains the step counts from the preceding 7 days in its memory allowing the average step count for the preceding week to be evaluated.
Compared with the average for the seven preceding seasons, the number of children who had to be tested for the virus fell 37percentt, and the number of positive tests was 78.5percentt lower.
