The foetal mortality rate has come to be regarded as a valuable historical health status indicator.
Evidence of mortality reduction has come from a number of meta-analyses of trials (Smart et al, 1995; Hendrick et al, 1997; Kerlikowske, 1997; Moss et al, 2006).
With increasing awareness of the association between hyperglycemia [ 10], hypoglycemia [ 11], and glucose variability [ 12] with increased mortality and morbidity has come the realization that more accurate measurement of blood glucose concentration might be crucial for improving patients' outcomes.
Support for the epidemiologic observations that elderly and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients have higher rates of hospitalization and mortality associated with acute PM exposure has come from human clinical studies showing that elderly people experience greater effects of PM on HRV and blood parameters (Park et al. 2005; Pope and Dockery 2006; Schwartz et al. 2005a, 2005b).
Since every time he does one of these climbs he finds himself facing death, Alex has come to terms with his own mortality.
With mortality from preventable diseases in retreat, the high risk of death by drowning has come to the fore.
And she will become a woman who has come so close to the edge, that she could smell the rank metallic sweat of her own mortality.
The moment has come when I would like to sit and stare at those ancient, fragile, dark green plumes, which speak of longevity and mortality.
He also said mortality rates had come down.
Mortality rates have come down by 25% since 2003, but were still nearly twice as high as in England and Wales, according to the publication.
