proportionate mortality ratio

proportionate mortality ratio
(PMR) 1. the ratio of the number of deaths from a particular cause to the total number of deaths in the same time period. 2. in occupational epidemiology, the ratio of observed deaths due to a specific cause in an occupational cohort to the expected deaths due to that cause, as determined by the proportion of deaths from the cause in the general population or comparison population, multiplied by 100. Cf. standardized mortality r.

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