mortality : Idioms & Phrases
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Bill of mortality
- an official statement of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a district required to be covered by such statement;
as, a place within the .bills of mortality of London
Webster 1913
infant mortality
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noun the death rate during the first year of life
infant deathrate; infant mortality.
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infant mortality rate
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noun the death rate during the first year of life
infant deathrate; infant mortality.
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Law of mortality
- a mathematical relation between the numbers living at different ages, so that from a given large number of persons alive at one age, it can be computed what number are likely to survive a given number of years.
Webster 1913
mortality rate
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noun the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
fatality rate; deathrate; death rate; mortality.
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mortality table
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noun an actuarial table indicating life expectancy and probability of death as a function or age and sex and occupation etc
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neonatal mortality
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noun the death rate during the first 28 days of life
neonatal mortality.
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neonatal mortality rate
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noun the death rate during the first 28 days of life
neonatal mortality.
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Table of mortality
- a table exhibiting the average relative number of persons who survive, or who have died, at the end of each year of life, out of a given number supposed to have been born at the same time.