proportionate mortality
1proportionate mortality ratio — (PMR) 1. the ratio of the number of deaths from a particular cause to the total number of deaths in the same time period. 2. in occupational epidemiology, the ratio of observed deaths due to a specific cause in an occupational cohort to the… …
2standardized mortality ratio — (SMR) the ratio of the number of observed deaths in a study population to the number of expected deaths in that population. The expected deaths are calculated by classifying the study group by demographic variables such as age, sex, or race;… …
3PMR — Abbreviation for proportional mortality ratio. * * * paper medical record; patient meta record; percutaneous myocardial revascularization; perinatal mortality rate; periodic medical review; physical medicine and rehabilitation; polymyalgia… …
4PMR — is a three letter acronym that can stand for: * Palmerston North International Airport * Partidul Muncitoresc Român (Romanian Workers Party), the ruling party in communist Romania from 1948 to 1965 * Penilaian Menengah Rendah, a public school… …
5SPMR — standard proportionate mortality ratio (or rate) …
6SPMR — • standard proportionate mortality ratio (or rate) …
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9Precautionary principle — The precautionary principle is a moral and political principle which states that if an action or policy might cause severe or irreversible harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of a scientific consensus that harm would not… …
10Twelfth century (The) — The twelfth century John Marenbon INTRODUCTION The twelfth century began and ended with events which mark it off, at least symbolically, as a discrete period in the history of Western philosophy. It was in about 1100 that Abelard the most wide… …
