death rate

[deth reyt]

noun

1. mortality rate.

death rate

noun

1. Also called (esp US): mortality rate. the ratio of deaths in a specified area, group, etc, to the population of that area, group, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of death rate¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

A new study says cancer death rates have steadily declined among Black people, but they remain higher than in other racial and ethnic groups.

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Glasgow City recorded the highest death rate in the country at 41.1 - more than double the rate of Scotland as a whole.

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A class-action lawsuit seeks to end Riverside County’s use of a cash bail system to detain people awaiting trial, alleging high death rates and squalid conditions in the county jails.

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Among other criticisms, Israel says that the IPC "changed its own global standard", halving a threshold of those facing famine from 30% to 15% as well as "totally ignoring its second criterion of death rate".

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New York City has also made steady progress, achieving a per capita pedestrian death rate nearly one-third that of Los Angeles, proving that substantial improvements are possible with proper commitment and funding.

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