mortality rate

[ mawr-tal-i-tee reyt ]

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noun

the relative frequency of deaths in a specific population during a specified time, often cited as the percentage of human deaths during a public health crisis, or of wildlife deaths due to environmental perils:
Patients over the age of 80 had the highest mortality rate during the last flu season.
The mortality rate of the bald eagle falls to about 25 percent after the first year of life.

mortality rate

noun

another term for death rate

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mortality rate¹

First recorded in 1860–65

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Researchers said the mortality rate had more than doubled over the past decade and was now among the highest in Europe.

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He told Colombian radio station RCN that the current outbreak had been particularly lethal "with a mortality rate of nearly 50% among those infected".

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RSV causes 42,000 hospitalizations a year in adults ages 50 to 64 in the U.S., as well as increased mortality rates.

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The results are indisputable: The U.S. has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the developed world, and it is worse in states with entrenched Republican majorities.

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The maternal mortality rate in Denmark is about 5 per 100,000 live births but may be higher in Greenland, where medical care is less accessible in remote communities.

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mortality mortality table

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