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Research draft

mortality rate

vr.tr.mortality-rate · XCT.QTY

Let an agent handle mortality rates by definition, population, period, source and comparison, neutrally and with care for sensitive contexts.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle mortality rates by definition, population, period, source and comparison, neutrally and with care for sensitive contexts.

A measure of the number of deaths in a population, scaled to its size, per unit of time, such as the crude death rate per 1000 per year, infant and maternal mortality, or cause-specific mortality.

What it is for: Measuring population health and the burden of diseases and events.

It can be compute and compare rates; use age-standardised rates; cite official statistics; track health targets.

Distinguishing features

Deaths relative to population and time

Crude or standardised

Many specific rates

Different from case fatality rate

What it looks like

Numbers in tables, charts and reports.

How it is recognised

Rates per 1000 or 100000

Kinds such as infant or maternal mortality

Case fatality rate is a different measure

Related models

is a kind of - category

risk metric

is used in - fields

demography and epidemiology

is confused with - different measure

case fatality rate

is published by - sources

statistical offices and WHO

In practice

Families and kinds

crude death rate

age-specific and standardised rates

infant and under-5 mortality

maternal mortality ratio

cause-specific mortality

Standards and regulation

WHO ICD mortality coding rules

SDG indicators 3.1 and 3.2

Failure modes and hazards

Comparing crude rates across different age structures

Confusing mortality with case fatality

Insensitive presentation

Also called

COVID-19 mortalitymonkeypox mortalityAdult mortalitymaternal mortality ratioMaternal Mortality Ratecatastrophic mortalitychild mortalityexcess mortalityearly neonatal mortality rateChild mortality in Ghana

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Definition Which rate.

Definitions differ.

Kind

Crude, specific.

Kind

Rate type.

  1. Which mortality rate is meant? definition
  2. Per how many people and over what period? definition

Population

Denominator.

Population

Population.

  1. Which population is the denominator? definition
  2. For which place and year? provenance
Data Values.

Values need sources.

Value

Rate.

Value

Rate value.

  1. What is the rate, from which official source? measurement
  2. How complete is death registration? boundary

Uncertainty

Estimates.

Uncertainty

Uncertainty.

  1. Is it measured or modelled, and with what uncertainty? measurement
  2. Which model? provenance
Comparison Like for like.

Comparisons need care.

Standardisation

Age structure.

Standardisation

Standardisation.

  1. Are rates age-standardised for comparison? boundary
  2. To which standard population? provenance

Trends

Over time.

Trends

Trends.

  1. How has the rate changed over time? measurement
  2. Did definitions change? boundary
Communication Sensitivity.

Deaths are people.

Tone

Respect.

Tone

Respectful tone.

  1. Is the presentation respectful of those affected? boundary
  2. Is context given? boundary

Case fatality

Distinction.

Fatality

Case fatality distinction.

  1. Is case fatality rate meant instead? boundary
  2. How do they differ? definition

What the second pass must settle

  • Should specific rates be separate entries?
  • How should sources be linked?
  • How should standardisation be recorded?