English noun: mortality rate | |||
1. | mortality rate (time) the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year | ||
Synonyms | death rate, deathrate, fatality rate, mortality | ||
Broader (hypernym) | rate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | infant deathrate, infant mortality, infant mortality rate, neonatal mortality, neonatal mortality rate | ||