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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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From 1988-1998, the death rate from high blood pressure increased 16 percent.
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However, progress in treating cancer has not been great enough to lower the death rate in the face of increased incidence.
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Men, especially poor men, had a significantly higher death rate than women in their middle years.
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Operative management is not without risk, however, as it has a reported 5-12% death rate .