Max Rady College of Medicine
Term: Standardized Mortality / Morbidity Ratio (SMR)
Glossary Definition
Last Updated: 2006-06-01
Definition:
"The ratio of the observed to the expected number of cases."
Related terms
- Age-Specific Mortality Rate
- Cancer Deaths
- Death Rates
- Excess Mortality / Death
- Indicators of Need
- Morbidity
- Mortality
- Mortality Indicators
- Mortality Rate
- Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL)
- Rate Standardization
- Standardized Mortality / Morbidity Ratio (SMR) - Low
- Standardized Mortality / Morbidity Ratio (SMR) - Province
- Standardized Mortality Ratio (0-64 Years)
- Standardized Mortality Ratio (0-74 Years)
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