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Survival Rate

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Definition: The proportion of survivors in a group, e.g., of patients, studied and followed over a period, or the proportion of persons in a specified group alive at the beginning of a time interval who survive to the end of the interval. It is often studied using life table methods.  IM GEN only; coord NIM with disease /mortal (IM); specify geog if pertinent    Other names Survivorship; Cumulative Survival Rate; Times, Mean Survival; Time, Mean Survival; Survival Times, Mean; Survival Time, Mean; Survival Rates, Cumulative; Survival Rates; Survival Rate, Cumulative; Rates, Survival; Rates, Cumulative Survival; Rate, Survival; Rate, Cumulative Survival; Mean Survival Times; Cumulative Survival Rates; Mean Survival Time

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