mortality rate
mortality rate (mor-tal-iti) n. the incidence of death in the population in a given period. annual m. r. the number of registered deaths in a year, multiplied by 1000 and divided by the population at the middle of the year. See also infant (mortality rate), maternal mortality rate.
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