Meanwhile, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust had a better than expected mortality rate in one of the indicators.

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Mid-nineteenth-century Americans endured a high rate of infant mortality but expected that most individuals who reached young adulthood would survive at least into middle age.

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But CJW Medical Center in Richmond, part of for-profit HCA chain, had stellar numbers: Its six-month mortality rate for heart valve patients was half the expected rate (7.6% versus 13.7%).

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"Recent research produced by the CMI (Continuous Mortality Investigation of the Institute of Actuaries) indicates that the rate of mortality improvement is not slowing down as would be expected, " it said.

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