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rate
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Severe deliriumtremens has a fatality rate of 20%, higher than any drug except the barbiturates.
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According to the National Fire Protection Association, we have the highest fatality rate from fire in the industrial world.
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Airplane fatality rates are low.
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New drugs have reduced the fatality of the disease.
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This year there have been 15% fewer traffic fatalities.
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A further adjustment is required for direct costs associated with a fatality that are not borne by the family of the victim.
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At least one double fatality has been caused in this way.
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But there were no fatalities and the number of accidents for older riders was falling.
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Six months on, few of the fish have grown and fatalities have begun to occur.
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There were no hepatic fatalities in the United States in patients over 10 years of age on monotherapy.
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This is borne out by the 1991 figures which tell us that out of eight fatalities, half involved the tractor.