mortality rate

[ mawr-tal-i-tee reyt ]

/ mɔrˈtæl ɪ ti ˌreɪt /

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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.

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Also called death rate

[deth-reyt], /ˈdɛθ ˌreɪt/, fa·tal·i·ty rate

[fey-tal-i-tee reyt, fuh-] /feɪˈtæl ɪ ti ˌreɪt, fə-/ .

Origin of mortality rate

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby mortality rate

Morse taper, mort, mortadella, mortal, mortality, mortality rate, mortality table, mortal mind, mortal sin, mortal sin/venial sin, mortar

How to use mortality rate in a sentence

This group has higher mortality rates than other sectors of the population.
Debunking anti-vaxxer RFK Jr.’s claim about ‘suspicious’ coronavirus vaccine deaths, a phony Elon Musk tweet and more news literacy lessons|Valerie Strauss|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
Though that data is very limited, it suggests a 40 percent mortality rate – far higher than the overall mortality rate from the virus.
Filipino Residents Have Been Hit Hard by COVID – But No One Knows Just How Hard|Maya Srikrishnan|February 1, 2021|Voice of San Diego
Sharfstein said medical officials have developed a better understanding of how to treat coronavirus patients, leading to lower mortality rates than earlier in the pandemic.
D.C. leaders spar over coronavirus vaccine access for poorer residents|Julie Zauzmer, Rachel Chason, Lola Fadulu, Erin Cox|January 13, 2021|Washington Post
That is a higher mortality rate than other large California county jail systems.
Morning Report: South Bay Survival Stories|Voice of San Diego|December 24, 2020|Voice of San Diego

Infection and mortality rates may be even higher, since nearly every prison system has significantly fewer prisoners today than when the pandemic began, so rates represent a conservative estimate based on the largest known population.
Coronavirus is hitting prisons and jails hard—1 in 5 inmates has had COVID, and 1,700 have died|Bernhard Warner|December 18, 2020|Fortune
Historically the reelection rate for members of Congress is in the area of 95 percent.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
With a mortality rate of 70 percent, the more cases that arise, the deadlier this epidemic becomes.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
At any rate, policy can enforce equal rights and foster equal opportunity.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He explains the late departure of the ships for Nueva España, and the consequent mortality reported on one of them.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
In future years the poor-rate (so-called) will include, in addition to these, all other rates levyable by the Corporation.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
At any rate his stirring advice and the dispatches he brought roused the military authorities at Meerut into activity.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
If we turn again in a new direction, it will at any rate not be in the direction of a return to autocratic mediævalism.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Of course he was contemplating the application of a "two year old hickory," as he went on at the rate of two forty.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various

British Dictionary definitions for mortality rate

mortality rate

noun

another term for death rate

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