Example sentences of "[noun] rate [prep] [noun pl] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that year , with the exception of Argentina , Chile , Costa Rica , Cuba and Uruguay , the illiteracy rate of populations aged over fifteen years , exceeded 30 per cent in all Latin American countries , 50 per cent being recorded in Brazil and higher percentages in Central America ( Rama 1983 : 16 ) . |
| 2 | As a result 5,000 farmers are going out of business every year and the suicide rate for farmers has never been higher . |
| 3 | Governments anxious to reduce socio-economic differences in mortality rates among children have therefore to tackle the problems of housing and urban decay , as well as providing better health services to such families . |
| 4 | They 've found that the death rate among patients treated early with penicillin was nearly half that of those who were not . |
| 5 | Cardiovascular mortality was not related to the duration of gestation except for a small increase in death rates in men born prematurely . |
| 6 | In Grangetown and South Bank , death rates among residents aged under 65 are 80pc higher than national levels , and the deaths from chest diseases even higher . |