mortality rate
Let an agent handle mortality rates by definition, population, period, source and comparison, neutrally and with care for sensitive contexts.
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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
is used in - fields
is confused with - different measure
is published by - sources
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
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.
- Which mortality rate is meant? definition
- Per how many people and over what period? definition
Population
Denominator.
Population
Population.
- Which population is the denominator? definition
- For which place and year? provenance
Data Values.
Values need sources.
Value
Rate.
Value
Rate value.
- What is the rate, from which official source? measurement
- How complete is death registration? boundary
Uncertainty
Estimates.
Uncertainty
Uncertainty.
- Is it measured or modelled, and with what uncertainty? measurement
- Which model? provenance
Comparison Like for like.
Comparisons need care.
Standardisation
Age structure.
Standardisation
Standardisation.
- Are rates age-standardised for comparison? boundary
- To which standard population? provenance
Trends
Over time.
Trends
Trends.
- How has the rate changed over time? measurement
- Did definitions change? boundary
Communication Sensitivity.
Deaths are people.
Tone
Respect.
Tone
Respectful tone.
- Is the presentation respectful of those affected? boundary
- Is context given? boundary
Case fatality
Distinction.
Fatality
Case fatality distinction.
- Is case fatality rate meant instead? boundary
- 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?