mortality rate

(Statistics) another term for death rate

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Noun

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

death rate, deathrate, fatality 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

úmrtnost

死亡率

dødelighetsstatistikk

mortality rate

n → tasso di mortalità

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