1.   One method of assessing need is to use mortality statistics collected by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.

2.   A few disturbing mortality statistics are not enough to turn a Galician away from the sea.

3.   For some, the fear is caused by ignorance, a lack of information about aeronautics and comparative mortality statistics.

4.   I started with the stupid -- alcohol and pills -- and progressed to an array of techniques, from comparing mortality statistics to toe wiggling.

5.   Public health standards also are high, reflected in low disease and infant mortality statistics.

6.   That eventually will change once the baby-boom generation starts showing up in the mortality statistics.

7.   The mortality statistics reflect the new reality.

8.   The study was based on mortality statistics maintained by the National Center for Health Statistics compared to U.S. Census population data for the study years.

9.   This was partly because the mortality statistics, on which the report was based, do not give detailed information.

10.   Black used mortality statistics to analyze life expectancy of people who undergo breast, cervical and colon cancer screening.