mortality rates

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of mortality rate.
  mortality rate

  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.

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mortality rates

Life expectancy is an estimate of the average number of years a person might live based on a country’s mortality rates.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Vaccines targeting Zaire ebolavirus have proven highly effective, and two antiviral treatments have reduced mortality rates from 50% to 35%.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026

Life insurers can plan around mortality rates, but it is hard to know when a bad year for hurricanes or wildfires will force property insurers to shell out huge quantities of cash to settle claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

She was the lead author on a Lancet study linking step counts and mortality rates.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

In this fantasy, eventually race will no longer be a factor in mortality rates, the spread of disease, educational or economic opportunity, or the distribution of wealth.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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