standardised mortality ratio

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standardised mortality ratio

The ratio of observed deaths to expected deaths, where the expected deaths are calculated for a similar region with a similar age and gender mix, by assessing the death rates for different ages and genders in a larger population. Where an SMR is expressed as a ratio, a value of greater than 1.0 means that there is a higher-than-expected number of deaths; less than 1.0 means they will be lower than expected.

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A hospital's Standardised Mortality Ratio is usually presented as a percentage: the recorded deaths inhospital from a large number of (but not all) diseases, as a percentage of the number that would normally be expected, after taking account of, or standardising for, a wide range of factors concerning the patients and the nature and severity of their illnesses.

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