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Rate

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

noun amount, assessment, charge, cost, expense, fare, fee, hire, magno, obligation, pace, parvo emere, price, quotation, standard, tempo, valuation, value, velocity, worth
Associated concepts: legal rate of interest, rate of exchange

rate

verb aestimare, appraise, apprize, assess, class, classify, compute, determine, esteem, estimate, evaluate, figure, fix the price of, gauge, grade, judge, measure, merit, price, quantify, rank, reckon, set a value on, tag, value, weigh
See also: amount, appraise, arrange, assess, assessment, calculate, caliber, charge, classify, cost, criticize, differential, duty, earnings, estimate, evaluate, expense, face amount, frequency, gauge, inveigh, levy, measure, organize, par, pigeonhole, price, quality, rebuke, reprehend, sum, tax, worth

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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This will help to ensure that in-facility neonatal mortality rates are aligned and as accurate as possible.
Reducing neonatal deaths in South Africa: Progress and challenges
The neonatal mortality rate was defined as the number of deaths during the first 28 completed days of life per 1000 live births that occurred during the study period.
The incidence, risk factors, and mortality of preterm neonates: A prospective study from Jordan (2012-2013)/Preterm yenidogan insidansi, risk faktorleri ve mortalitesi: Urdun'den prospektif bir calisma (2012-2013)
The early neonatal mortality rate was defined as the number of deaths in the first seven days of life per 1 000 live births (4).
Assesment of perinatal mortality in two different periods: results of a single center
2 seeks to end preventable deaths of newborns and children under-5 years, with all countries aiming to reduce rates to at least as low as 25 deaths per 1,000 live births including attaining neonatal mortality rates (NMR) of no more than 12 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Trends in health facility births in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of lessons learned under the millennium development goal framework
While this is one of the first multiple-year documentations of neonatal mortality rates in Harbor Seals, rates reported in some other pinniped species are either lower or similar to what we found and are not out of line with other studies on terrestrial mammals.
Causes and patterns of Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) pup mortality at Smith Island, Washington, 2004-2010
Inborn babies were only been included to calculate the neonatal mortality rate.
The patterns and causes of neonatal mortality at a tertiary hospital in Oman
Qatar's current neonatal, early neonatal, late neonatal and corrected neonatal mortality rates are comparable to many high income countries, both from the West and East3.
FETAL AND PERINATAL DETERMINANTS OF NEONATAL MORTALITY IN THE STATE OF QATAR:A PILOT PHASE UNIVARIATE AND MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS BY PEARL STUDY
However, the neonatal mortality rate dropped by 87 percent, early neonatal mortality rate dropped by 91 percent, and late neonatal mortality by 58 percent between 1975 and 2011".
Qatar records decrease in neonatal mortality rate
Qatar's neonatal mortality rate (NMR) and under-five mortality rates have also dropped over the past five years, it said.
Qatar to mark World Population Day today
The neonatal mortality rate has actually increased, from 49 per thousand live births in 2000-01 to 53 per thousand in 2007-08.
Pakistan shows progress in achieving MDGs
With an estimated 298 000 neonatal deaths annually and a reported neonatal mortality rate of 49 per 1000 live births, Pakistan accounts for 7% of global neonatal deaths.
PERINATAL MORTALITY AUDIT AT SHARIF MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE LAHORE - PAKISTAN
Summary: Neonatal mortality rate saw a significant decrease down from 27 cases per 1000 live births to 18.
Morocco: Neonatal mortality Rate Decreases by 30% Between 2004 and 2011- Survey

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