mortality rate

• Indicateur statistique représentant le nombre de décès dans une population donnée sur une période définie, généralement exprimé par unité de population.

A statistical measure representing the number of deaths in a given population over a specific period of time, typically expressed per unit of population.

1. Death rateB2formal

   A measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.

   taux de mortalité

   • The mortality rate from the disease has decreased due to new treatments.
   • Researchers calculated the infant mortality rate in the region.
   • The mortality rate among elderly patients was significantly higher.