51.   A computer analysis by The Times found a higher newborn mortality rate at public hospitals than private hospitals, both for normal-weight newborns and for all newborns.

52.   A number of groups have had pretty poor results in terms of mortality rates.

53.   A new study of mortality rates among patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy, a common stroke-preventing operation, makes this cautionary point.

54.   A recent study showed lower mortality rates at a nursing home that kept lots of animals around.

55.   A slower voyage meant a higher mortality rate and a smaller payout.

56.   African Americans have the highest prostate cancer mortality rates of any ethnic group in the world.

57.   Aid officials say mortality rates are normal among the refugees, maybe even lower for people in camps than those traveling roads and doing work.

58.   AIDS mortality rates plummeted.

59.   All of it is meant to help lower the infant mortality rates, especially among African-Americans.

60.   Bradham favored the possibility that the higher mortality rates could be related to a lack of adequate preventive care as much as insurance status.