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Value, measure, or degree; a charge, payment, or price determined through the application of a mathematical formula or based upon a scale or standard. For example, an interest rate is determined by the ratio between the principal and interest. Rate is also used synonymously with tax. RATE. A public valuation or assessment of every man's estate; or the ascertaining how much tax every one shall pay. Vide Pow. Mortg. Index, h.t.; Harr. Dig. h.t.; 1 Hopk. C. R. 87. |
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94% * A high-risk county is defined as any county in which the asthma prevalence rate was greater than or equal to the corresponding commonwealth asthma rate for every year during the six-year period. Also, cervicovaginal samples may not detect the same HPV types as cervical mucosa samples collected in other studies, and prevalence rates determined by DNA tests underestimate the cumulative incidence of HPV because these tests do not indicate past exposure. Such variations, which also crop up elsewhere in the world, illustrate the dangers of assuming that an average prevalence rate of 1 percent applies to any particular location. |
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