For cerebrovascular (CI: range 0.106 to 0.455), cardiovascular (CI: range 0.101 to 0.329), injury and poisoning (CI: range 0.001 to 0.301) deaths, we documented a steady improvement of mortality; the overall equity of these mortalities was lower than those of maternal and neonatal mortalities, but distinct decreases were seen over time.
28 At a BMI < 22 there is a steady increase in mortality and the combined effect of being underweight and increasing age has a deleterious effect on mortality.
There was a steady decline in mortality rates from 2004 through to 2011, although the decline of neonatal, postneonatal, infant, child and under-5 mortality between 2007 and 2011 was not statistically significant.
The past 30 years has seen a steady decline in mortality rates both at birth and in the first year of life.
In addition to the steady reduction in mortality trends, basic and clinical research has also contributed to better quality of life for cancer survivors.
Over time, there has been a steady decrease in mortality in CF patients with diabetes.
With the steady decline in mortality in China, life expectancy has steadily increased in every administrative division.
All these factors have contributed to a steady decline in mortality within the Rufiji district from the late 1990s.
The steady decline in mortality rates in the industrialized countries during the period 1990-2003 has been aided by new and costly medicines, technology, and interventions.
Despite a steady reduction in mortality rates in the general population no significant change has been observed in people with serious mental illness [ 4].
Measures taken to eliminate the development and spread of many infectious diseases gradually resulted in a steady decline in mortality [ 20, 21].
