English

Noun

mortality rate ‎(plural mortality rates)

1. The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time.

   The mortality rate of people aged 50 or more that smoke is much higher than the one of non-smokers in the same age group.

   Under-five mortality rate is the probability that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates.

Synonyms

• death rate

Antonyms

• birth rate

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