The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population, or to a specific number of the population; death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming
The mortality in a particular place or situation is the number of people who die. The nation's infant mortality rate has reached a record low. = death rate
An actuarial determination of the death rate at each age as determined from prior experience
The death rate or the ratio of the total number of deaths to the total population