mortality
mor·ta·lity
noun
2.
the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Origin
From Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās, from mortālis (“relating to death”), from mors (“death”); equivalent to mortal + -ity.
Phrases
- attritional mortality
- bill of mortality
- catastrophic mortality
- infant mortality
- maternal mortality
- mortality table
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