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Mortality

Meanings and phrases

mortality

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  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; deathrate; death rate; mortality rate; fatality rate

infant mortality

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. the death rate during the first year of life; infant deathrate; infant mortality rate
E.g.
  • The infant mortality rate was 5.0 per mille in 2014.
  • The lowest infant mortality rate was recorded in 2011: 2.6.
  • The infant mortality rate is 23.21 deaths/1,000 live births.

infant mortality rate

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. the death rate during the first year of life; infant deathrate; infant mortality
E.g.
  • The infant mortality rate was 5.0 per mille in 2014.
  • The lowest infant mortality rate was recorded in 2011: 2.6.
  • The infant mortality rate is 23.21 deaths/1,000 live births.

mortality rate

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year; deathrate; death rate; mortality; fatality rate
E.g.
  • In 1925, the mortality rate on the site was 61.7%.
  • The infant mortality rate was 5.0 per mille in 2014.
  • The mortality rate may be as high as 5%-10%.

mortality table

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. an actuarial table indicating life expectancy and probability of death as a function or age and sex and occupation etc

neonatal mortality

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. the death rate during the first 28 days of life; neonatal mortality rate

neonatal mortality rate

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. the death rate during the first 28 days of life; neonatal mortality

mortality rates

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Dry conditions tend to increase mortality rates.
  • Nonetheless, the mortality rates remain high.
  • Erdheim–Chester disease is associated with high mortality rates.

maternal mortality

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Impacted shoulder presentations contribute to maternal mortality.
  • , Benin had the 26th highest rate of maternal mortality in the world.
  • The 2010 maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births for Guinea is 680.

high mortality

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • These methods are reported to have a very high mortality rate.
  • Erdheim–Chester disease is associated with high mortality rates.
  • - Appears smallpox epidemic, which for three years, producing high mortality .

morbidity and mortality

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • In sheep, BTV causes an acute disease with high morbidity and mortality.
  • When it was introduced in World War II, DDT was effective in reducing malaria morbidity and mortality.
  • It is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, in industrialized countries.

child mortality

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • The region's child mortality rate is now the lowest of any developing region.
  • This improvement was largely driven by reductions in child mortality and increases in primary school enrolment.
  • In the Basotho community, women often face child mortality, forced marriage, domestic abuse and single parenthood.

high mortality rate

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • These methods are reported to have a very high mortality rate.
  • Prompt diagnosis of PNP is crucial due to the high mortality rate of the disease.
  • Hard labour led to a high mortality rate among builders, and only an estimated 40% of Cossacks returned home.

higher mortality

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • There was also a numerically higher mortality against warfarin.
  • Females which mated with more than one male suffered higher mortality.
  • Additionally, women have a higher mortality rate from alcoholism than men.

increased mortality

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Short-term management of severe CHF (not used long term because of increased mortality, probably due to heart failure).
  • In this day and age current antimicrobial resistance leads to longer hospital stays, higher medical costs, and increased mortality.
  • Risk factors that increased mortality in TMD were prematurity, extremely elevated circulating blast and/or white blood cells, hepatic dysfunction, ascites (i.e.
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