Quantitative Concept
mortality Audio
mor·tal·i·ty [ mawr-tal-i-tee ]
Subclass of:
Vital Statistics
Definitions related to mortality vital statistics:
  • (mortality) All deaths reported in a given population.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (mortality) Refers to the death rate, or the number of deaths in a certain group of people in a certain period of time. Mortality may be reported for people who have a certain disease, live in one area of the country, or who are of a certain gender, age, or ethnic group.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (mortality rate) A measure of the frequency of occurrence of death in a well defined population during a specified interval.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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