mortality rate
[ mawr-tal-i-tee reyt ]
/ mɔrˈtæl ɪ ti ˌreɪt /
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.
Also called
death rate
[deth reyt] /ˈdɛθ ˌreɪt/,
fa·tal·i·ty rate
[fey-tal-i-tee reyt, fuh-] /feɪˈtæl ɪ ti ˌreɪt, fə-/.
Words nearby mortality rate
mortal,
mortal mind,
mortal sin,
mortal sin/venial sin,
mortality,
mortality rate,
mortality table,
mortar,
mortarboard,
mortgage,
mortgage bond
Example sentences from the Web for mortality rate
Some of those circumstances which affect epidemic force, so as to increase the mortality-rate, are appreciable.
Of this number, 3370 died, being a mortality-rate of 23.91 per cent.
British Dictionary definitions for mortality rate
Medical definitions for mortality rate
mortality rate
n.
death rate