Example sentences of "the number of deaths " in BNC.
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1 | Until the numbers of deaths each month has risen to equal or exceed the number of new diagnoses , the numbers needing care will continue to rise fast , even if the number of new cases reported in official figures is relatively constant or falling . |
2 | The numbers of deaths were compared with those expected from national rates for men of corresponding age and year of birth . |
3 | All the data published on the effect of gill-nets on small cetaceans probably represents a conservative estimate of the number of deaths . |
4 | The number of cases is not recorded ; the number of deaths is officially put at 855 , and may have been much higher , since diarrhoea is so common there that it often goes unreported . |
5 | By comparison , the number of deaths recorded as criminal homicide was 600 , which includes all the murders and manslaughters . |
6 | EVERY death in asthma patients is to be studied in an attempt to find out why the number of deaths is rising despite the apparently excellent treatments , doctors announced yesterday . |
7 | Wellcome 's share price rose sharply at the beginning of the year after the announcement that a combination of two of its drugs , Retrovir ( zidovudine or AZT ) and Zovirax ( acyclovir ) , halved the number of deaths amongst Aids patients compared to zidovudine alone . |
8 | Wellcome 's share price rose earlier this year after the suggestion that a combination of Retrovir and Zovirax halved the number of deaths in Aids patients compared with Retrovir alone ( Chem . |
9 | The UK government is concerned about the number of deaths caused by careless driving while unfit because of excessive alcohol consumption , and a recent White Paper , The Road User and the Law , recommends among other things , that this offence should carry obligatory disqualification from driving for at least 2 years , an unlimited fine and a maximum penalty of 5 years ' imprisonment ( Lowry , 1989 ) . |
10 | Even in the short time since the introduction of seat belt legislation in January 1983 in the UK , there has been a demonstrable reduction ( of approximately 25% ) in the number of deaths and serious injuries ( e.g. internal chest injuries and fractured skull ) among front seat car occupants . |
11 | Essentially , these express the number of deaths occurring as a proportion of the number of people at risk in each region in such a way that they take into account the fact that regions have different age and sex distributions ; their construction will be explained fully in chapter 14 . |
12 | A NEW TYPE of polyurethane foam developed for mattresses in prisons could cut the number of deaths from fires in homes . |
13 | Their neurotoxin produces effects similar to those seen in snakebite victims , although the number of deaths from lizard-bites is extremely small . |
14 | Estimates of the number of deaths among men caused each year by alcohol abuse range from 8,000 to 25,000 |
15 | Since this law was introduced the number of deaths and serious injuries to children as a result of car accidents has been significantly reduced . |
16 | EVERYONE who has played a part in the remarkable reduction in the number of deaths due to drink-driving deserves to be congratulated . |
17 | Furthermore , in the processes of socially constructing the cause(s) of death , there are considerable social forces directed towards minimizing the number of deaths certified as occupationally induced . |
18 | In the 1980s , it is still true that males have higher mortality rates than females at all ages ( except possibly after reaching the age of 100 years : OPCS 1987 : 5 ) ; but the number of deaths in childhood and early adult life is now so small that it is not until individuals reach their late forties , that women actually outnumber men of the same birth cohort . |
19 | Progress in reducing the number of deaths from paracetamol overdose may come only from preventing rather than treating fulminant hepatic failure . |
20 | The number of deaths from asthma in England and Wales is widely reported to be about 2000 a year . |
21 | ‘ Europe against cancer ’ is a campaign aimed at reducing the number of deaths from cancer by 15% by the year 2000 . |
22 | The number of deaths , casualties and prisoners taken spiralled remorselessly upwards . |
23 | Gradually the typhus fever left Lowood , but the number of deaths made the public aware of the poor conditions in which the pupils lived . |
24 | The undetermined category includes those deaths referred to by Bray , thereby giving rise to an underestimate of the number of deaths attributed to suicide , but the total number of deaths is unaffected . |
25 | Certainly it will be disappointing if the number of deaths due to paracetamol overdosage continues at the current level , but it would be wise to recognise that in 1990 in England and Wales there were a further 1593 deaths due to overdosage of medicines other than paracetamol and that the prevention of such deaths should receive at least equal attention . |
26 | The number of deaths in people aged over 65 — 22 of the 63 — reduces the potential for saving lost years of life . |
27 | Women taking atenolol appeared to be at lower risk of lung cancer , but the number of deaths was small and confidence intervals wide . |
28 | The number of deaths for which this is likely to be true is so small that it ought not to affect the analysis presented here . |
29 | Editor , — Gary P Bray makes several suggestions to reduce the number of deaths from paracetamol overdose . |
30 | NEONATAL MORTALITY RATE — measures the chance of death during the first month of life ; it is calculated as the number of deaths under 28 days of age ( or under one month ) during a specified time period per 1,000 live births that occurred in the same period . |