Example sentences of "the [adj] number of cases [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE NUMBER of reported AIDS cases in Scotland rose by eight in February , bringing the total number of cases to 379 . |
| 2 | Although the overall number of cases of acute hepatitis B fell during 1988–91 , 81 and 82 homosexual men were infected in 1990 and 1991 respectively compared with 50 and 42 in 1988 and 1989. 1526 men had HIV-1 infection diagnosed in 1991 , the largest number since 1987 . |
| 3 | The expected number of cases of lymphoid leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphomas on the basis of national rates is 0.49 ( standardised registration ratio=1015 ) ; the expected number for all malignant disease is 2.18 ( standardised registration ratio=275 ) . |
| 4 | The expected number of cases of lymphoid leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphomas in this period and age group is 0.12 ( standardised registration ratio=1620 ) . |
| 5 | While this campaign was in force , Sweden was the only country to register a fall in the reported number of cases of gonorrhoea . |
| 6 | Standardised registration ratios were calculated by expressing the observed number of cases as a percentage of the expected number , the expected number being calculated by applying the national age specific rates for each five year age group to the number of people in the population being considered . |
| 7 | Confidence intervals were calculated on the assumption that the variance of the log relative risk is equal to the sum of the reciprocals of the observed number of cases in the two groups being compared . |