mortality rate

/mɔrˌtælədi reɪt/

/mɔˈtælɪti reɪt/

Other forms: mortality rates

Definitions of mortality rate

1. noun

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

   types:

   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

   type of:

   rate

   a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit