Mortality - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|mɔːrˈtælətɪ|
Brit.
|mɔːˈtælɪtɪ|
noun
- the quality or state of being mortal
- the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
- the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Extra examples
Mortality from heart disease varies widely across the world.
My mother's death forced me to face the fact of my own mortality.
Illness is a sober reminder of our mortality.
They are working to reduce the mortality rate to zero.
The first part of the paper is a descriptive survey of mortality data from United Nations sources over the period 1970-90.
Word forms
noun
singular: mortality
plural: mortalities
singular: mortality
plural: mortalities
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