The phrase "the second highest rate" is correct and can be used in written English
For example, "In the past six months, we have seen the second highest rate of unemployment in the region's history."
The second highest rate - 3.05% - was found among boxers.
We have the second highest rate of obesity growth in the world.
That we have the second highest rate of youth suicide in the OECD.
That is actually still the second highest rate of applications on record".
St John parish, also part of the Rame peninsual group, has the second highest rate in the county, at 39.9%.
The average ticket price paid was $164 – the second highest rate on Broadway, behind hit musical The Book of Mormon.
Imagine living in a city with the country's highest rate for violent crimeand the second-highest rate for violent crime and the second-highest unemployment rate.
Hockey has the second-highest rate.
46% Georgia has the second-highest rate.
California had the second-highest rate and Arizona the third.
By region, the Midwest had the second-highest rate, at 9.8percentt, underscoring the toll of job losses in manufacturing.
