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mortality rate
[mawr-tal-i-tee reyt]
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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mortality rate1
Example Sentences
Nigeria's "very high" maternal mortality rate is the result of a combination of a number of factors, according to Martin Dohlsten from the Nigeria office of the UN's children's organisation, Unicef.
Left untreated, leptospirosis can be deadly, with a mortality rate of more than 50% for people who suffer from severe bleeding of the lungs.
These kinds of advancements, along with improvements in detection and screening, have meaningfully reduced cancer mortality rates.
We've got sky-high infant mortality rates here, likely due to poverty.
Animals are arriving in “horrendous shape” and with a high mortality rate compared with years past, Warner said.
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