Look up: mortality

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   Mortality
   Death rate.
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   Mortality
   Death. Used to describe the relation of deaths to the population in which they occur. The mortality rate (death rate) expresses the number of deaths in a unit of population within a prescribed time and may be expressed as crude death rates (e.g., total deaths in relation to total population during a year) or as death rates specific for diseases and, sometimes, for age, sex, or other attributes (e.g., number of deaths from cancer in white males in relation to the white male population during a gi...
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   Mortality
   The term commonly used to denote death or kill of organisms treated with toxic chemicals.
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   Mortality
   The number of deaths in a population.
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   mortality
   [n] - the quality or state of being mortal
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   mortality
   the death rate per 1,000 living members of the population. It can be expressed crudely for the population as a whole or for particular groups within the population, e.g. age or gender groups. See crude death rate.
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   Mortality
   the incidence of death in a country's population
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   mortality
   Death as studied in a given population or subpopulation. Note: The word mortality is often used incorrectly instead of mortality rate.
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   Mortality
   the death rate, measured as the number of deaths per a certain population; may describe the population as a whole, or a specific group within a population (such as infant mortality)
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    mortality
    The death rate for a particular condition.
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    Mortality
    Death/loss of life.
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    Mortality
    Mortality: A fatal outcome or, in one word, death. The word 'mortality' is derived from 'mortal' which came from the Latin 'mors' (death). The opposite of mortality is, of course, immortality. Mortality is also quite distinct from morbidity (illness). A condition such as tuberculosis can cause morbidity and mortality (disease and death). The Morbid ...
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    mortality
    the number,magnitude or frequency of deaths over a period of time among the total sick and well population of an area Category: Statistics • the loss to a population from all lethal causes,i.e.hunter-kill,poaching,predation,accident and disease Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the numerical expression of deaths,usually given as a mor...
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    Mortality
    Mor·tal'i·ty noun [ Latin mortalitas : confer French mortalité .] 1. The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying. « When I saw her die, I then did think on your mortality .» Carew. 2. Human life; the life of a mortal being. « From this instant There 's nothing serious in mortality ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/104
    
    
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    mortality
    The death rate. The ratio of the total number of deaths to the total population. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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    mortality
    noun the quality or state of being mortal
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    Mortality
    `Mortality` may refer to: * The quality of being mortal, i.e. susceptible to death. * Opposite of immortality, which may or may not refer to human as distinct from supernatural. * Mortality rate, a measure of the number of deaths in some population. * Mortality (band), a death metal band from Sydney, Australia. * In computability theory, a Turing machine is said to be mortal if it halts when run on any starting configuration.
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    mortality
    Incidence of death in a population. It is measured in various ways, often by the probability that a randomly selected individual in a population at some date and location would die in some period of time. Contrast to morbidity. Contexts: demography; history
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    mortality
    (mor-tal´ĭ-te) the quality of being mortal. death rate. the ratio of actual deaths to expected deaths.
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    Mortality
    • (n.) Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace; humanity; human nature. • (n.) Death; destruction. • (n.) Human life; the life of a mortal being. • (n.) The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying. • (n.) The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a gi...
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    mortality
    in demographic usage, the frequency of death in a population.[22 related articles]
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    mortality
    the mortality rate; the proportion of deaths to population or to a specific number of the population.
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    mortality
    mortality 1. The quality of being mortal. 2. The mortality or death rate. 3. In life insurance, the ratio of actual deaths to expected deaths. 4. Frequency in the number of deaths in proportion to a population.
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    Mortality
    ratio of the number of deaths of individuals to the population, often described as a function of age; death rate (Ricklefs 1970:874).
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    mortality
    
    1. the quality or state of being mortal
    2. the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
    
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