"High mortality" refers to a situation or condition where a large number of people or living organisms are dying or facing death at a higher rate than usual.
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In men with known underlying coronary artery disease, lower testosterone levels are associated with
higher mortality rate.
Canine distemper is an aggressive, extremely contagious viral infection
with high mortality rates.
Low continuity of care has been demonstrated to result in
higher mortality in vulnerable populations.
You'll see there are a limited amount of companies offering 30 year policies to men over 50 due to
high mortality risk for guys after age 75.
That same report has found that divorced men and women both
experience higher mortality rates and poorer mental health outcomes than their married counterparts.
Then again, a Danish study found that people who do not bike to work suffer a 39
percent higher mortality rate than those who do.
The strategy has shown positive results in
high mortality settings by reducing newborn deaths and improving key newborn care practices.
And another study showed that men with testosterone deficiency had 88 %
higher mortality levels than men with normal testosterone.
Now even the spy in the sky can help, with the first study of a whale species that has been having
high mortality problems with its calves.
Although indigenous peoples tend to have
higher mortality right across the disease spectrum, much of the excess arises from chronic disease.
The gastrointestinal form can
cause high mortality in young dogs, estimated at 16 — 48 % in the canine population of those that have contracted the disease.
While salt - induced hypertension is typically blamed as a cause of heart disease, a low salt intake is associated
with higher mortality from cardiovascular events.
Now, deficient serum cholesterol is not the sole factor accounting for
higher mortality in formula fed babies.
Divorce may end many marriages now, but largely because of
high mortality rates, the average length of marriage in Colonial times was less than 12 years.
The treatment could be a significant weapon in the fight against liver cancer, which has an
extremely high mortality rate.
Wood bamboo leaves age over this season, and their nutrient levels drop, causing
high mortality among pandas.
Reefs in this area of the Great Barrier Reef
suffered high mortality from coral bleaching, researchers have determined.
(15) Studies Cast Doubts The J - Lit study actually
showed higher mortality at the lowest serum cholesterol (both total and LDL - C), a paradox called the J - Shaped Curve.
«Considering the high risk of pancreatic surgeries and the
even higher mortality from untreated pancreatic cancers, there's an obvious need for new diagnostic methods to accurately identify the pancreatic cysts that need surgical intervention and those that do not.»
Ulip's are not an ideal plan for you if you are planning to buy it post touching 50
as high mortality charges will exhaust all the investment value.
Because prairie dogs are highly social animals living in tightly knit colonies, they suffer
particularly high mortality rates from plague; upwards of 90 percent of a colony can die off during an outbreak.
(The study omitted the notoriously
high mortalities at California's Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area from consideration.)
According to the Pew Research Center, former Soviet nations have predominantly female populations due to an
unusually high mortality rate for young men in the region.
Non-target impacts also included mortality of raptors, gulls and passerines,
including high mortality of rufous - crowned sparrows Aimophila ruficeps obscura despite planned mitigation.
Dr Al - Khalili said: «Even through these patients are classified as low risk, the incidence of ischaemic stroke in our study population is neither negligible nor ignorable and it carries a
relatively high mortality.»
It is important to note that no species are completely immune from bleaching - induced mortality and nearly all genera have suffered
high mortality during severe bleaching events in one location or another.
(Washington, D.C., March 29, 2013) Despite public opposition, the Florida legislature is moving towards approving legislation that would authorize the public hoarding of cats by feral cat activists, in the face of potential public health and property value impacts, as well as
predicted high mortality for native animals.
Also, Six said, past winters were very cold, and
high mortality occurred to the beetles over the winter - often upwards of 80 to 90 percent - leaving few surviving insects to emerge and attack new trees the following year.
An SMR lower than 1 indicates the cyclists had a lower mortality rate than the general population, whereas an SMR greater than 1
indicates higher mortality.
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is caused by a genetic abnormalities in the hemoglobin genes which leads to the production of abnormally shaped mature red blood cells, provoking various acute and chronic complications with an
accompanying high mortality rate [1].
Disease rates are higher among some population groups, such as African - Americans.3 These higher disease rates have been attributed to other risk factors such as poverty and overcrowding,
while higher mortality rates have been linked to limited access to health care services.3, 4 Living conditions, such as overcrowding, can result in a higher exposure to potential carriers of Neisseria meningitidis.4
Given the risk of early stage investing and venture capital's
famously high mortality rate of portfolio companies, it is imperative that fund managers earn high return multiples at these more modest M&A exit values to offset casualties and drive attractive returns.
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