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One distinguishes: # The crude death rate, the total number of deaths per 1000 people. # The Perinatal Mortality rate, the sum of neonatal deaths and fetal deaths (stillbirths) per 1,000 births. # The Maternal Mortality rate, the number of maternal deaths due to childbearing per 100,000 live births. # The Infant Mortality rate, the number of deaths of children less than 1 year old per thousand live births. # The standardised mortality rate (SMR) or '''age-specific mortality rate''' (ASMR) - This refers to the total number of deaths per 1000 people of a given age (e.g. 16-65 or 65+). In regard to the Success or Failure Medical Treatment or Procedures , one would also distinguish: # The early mortality rate, the total number of deaths in the early stages of an ongoing treatment, or in the period immediately following an treatment. # The late mortality rate, the total number of deaths in the late stages of an ongoing treatment, or a significant length of time after an acute treatment. Note that the crude death rate as defined above and applied to a whole population can give a misleading impression. For example, the number of deaths per 1000 people can be higher for developed nations than in less-developed countries, despite standards of health being better in developed countries. This is because developed countries have relatively more older people, who are more likely to die in a given year, so that the overall mortality rate can be higher even if the mortality rate at any given age is lower. A more complete picture of mortality is given by a Life Table which summarises mortality separately at each age. A life table is necessary to give a good estimate of Life Expectancy . Statistics The ten countries with the highest infant mortality rate are: # Angola 192.50 # Afghanistan 165.96 # Sierra Leone 145.24 # Mozambique 137.08 # Liberia 130.51 # Niger 122.66 # Somalia 118.52 # Mali 117.99 # Tajikistan 112.10 # Guinea-Bissau 108.72 According to the CDC , the 10 leading causes of death in the United States in 2002 were: # 696,447 Heart Disease # 557,197 Malignant Neoplasm s (i.e. Cancer ) # 162,555 Cerebrovascular Disease # 124,777 Chronic low. Respiratory Disease # 105,796 Unintentional Injury # 73,248 Diabetes mellitus # 65,418 Influenza & Pneumonia # 58,866 Alzheimer's Disease # 40,801 Nephritis # 33,569 Septicemia (out of a total population of 283,974,000 people in the U.S. at least 1 year old) Sources and references
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