mortality

n., pl., -ties.

1. The quality or condition of being mortal.
2. Mortals considered as a group; the human race.
3. Death, especially of large numbers; heavy loss of life: the mortality wrought by an epidemic.
4. Death rate.
5. The rate of failure or loss: the high mortality among family-run farms.

Frequency of death.

n

Definition: death
Antonyms: birth, immortality, life

n

Definition: humanness
Antonyms: animal life, immortality, inhumanness, plant life

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n

The death rate.

Death; a low mortality rate indicates a longer life expectancy. Mortality rates are generally higher in the Third World than in developed nations, although some less economically developed countries have surprisingly low rates, which reflect the youthful nature of their populations. Thus, in 1994, the death rate in Sri Lanka was lower than the UK rate.

Rates differ within countries; in the UK, mortality is higher in the ‘old’ industrialized regions of the north and north-west than in the more recently industrialized areas of the south. Regional variations hint that life expectancy is lower in soft-water regions than in areas of hard water. There are indications that country dwellers live longer than town dwellers. Mortality also varies between the socio-economic classes of the Registrar General; mortality rates increase down the scale. This is thought to be a reflection of life-styles rather than affluence. Infant mortality also increases down the social register and from developed to less-developed countries.

1. the quality of being mortal.
2. death as a statistic.

• embryonic m. — see early embryonic mortality.
• m. rate — the death rate; the ratio of the total number of deaths to the total number of the population during a specified time period. Commonly used specific mortality rates include disease, case fatality, neonatal, perinatal and preweaning mortality rates.
— The rate may also be expressed as a standardized rate, when it is stated as a ratio of the expected death rate in a standard group of animals. It may also be expressed as a proportional rate, when it is stated as a proportion of all of deaths due to all causes in the group.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - dødelighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
sterfelijkheid, sterfte, mortaliteit

Français (French)
n. - mortalité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mortalität, Todesfälle, Sterblichkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θνητότητα, θνησιμότητα

Italiano (Italian)
mortalità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mortalidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
смертность, смертельность

Español (Spanish)
n. - mortalidad, mortandad, mortales, humanidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dödlighet, alla dödliga, människorna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
必死的命运, 死亡率, 死亡数目

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 必死的命運, 死亡率, 死亡數目

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 죽음을 당하는 운명, 인류

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 死ぬべき運命, 人類, 大量死, なくした数, 死亡数, 死亡率, 死すべき運命, 死亡者数

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الفناء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תמותה‬

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