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List of terms beginning with Av

Average

An amount, standard, level or rate regarded as usual or ordinary. The average can be represented using the mean, median or mode.

Avoidable deaths

The number of avoidable deaths is defined as the number of deaths attributable to cancer within five years of diagnosis that would be avoided if patients had the same five-year relative survival as patients in the most affluent category.