death rate

The ratio of total deaths to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time. The death rate is often expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 of the population per year. Also called fatality rate.

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death rate

(Statistics) the ratio of deaths in a specified area, group, etc, to the population of that area, group, etc. Also called (esp US): mortality rate

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Noun

death rate - the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year

deathrate, fatality rate, mortality rate, mortality

infant deathrate, infant mortality, infant mortality rate - the death rate during the first year of life

neonatal mortality, neonatal mortality rate - the death rate during the first 28 days of life

rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"

Translations

indice di mortalit...

death rate

n → (tasso di) mortalità

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At once the birth rate began to rise and the death rate to fall.

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