HyperDic: mortality_rate

English > 1 sense of the expression mortality rate:
NOUNtimemortality rate, deathrate, death rate, mortality, fatality ratethe ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area
English > mortality rate: 1 sense > noun 1, time
MeaningThe ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year.
Synonymsdeathrate, death rate, mortality, fatality rate
Narrowerinfant deathrate, infant mortality, infant mortality rateThe death rate during the first year of life
neonatal mortality, neonatal mortality rateThe death rate during the first 28 days of life
BroaderrateA magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
Spanishíndice de mortalidad, morbilidad, mortalidad, tasa de mortalidad
Catalanmortalitat, taxa de mortalitat

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