fatality rate

fatality rate

n.

See death rate.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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