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Definition of Mortality rate
1. Noun. The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year.
Specialized synonyms: Infant Deathrate, Infant Mortality, Infant Mortality Rate, Neonatal Mortality, Neonatal Mortality Rate
Generic synonyms: Rate
Definition of Mortality rate
1. Noun. The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Mortality rate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mortality Rate
Literary usage of Mortality rate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"An Infant mortality rate of Zero.—A community in which the infant mortality has
been reduced to zero presents much of interest in view of the increased ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"A cross tabulation of census tracts by <income level and pollution level shows
that the mortality rate for asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema (in ..."
3. Health Status of Minorities & Low Income Groups by DIANE Publishing Company, Dept. of Health and Human Services, United States (1991)
"The Hispanic infant mortality rate shown in Table 2 is from the US vital statistics
system, based on records from 18 states and the District of Columbia, ..."
4. Publications of the American Statistical Association by American Statistical Association (1916)
"This is done in the following table, which shows the mortality rate for infants
whose fathers were employed in the public service of France according to ..."
5. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1920)
"Large cities will often have a low infant mortality rate, and small cities, like
Gloversville in New York or Millville in New Jersey, will have a high ..."
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