mortality rate

• Medida estatística que indica o número de mortes em uma população durante um determinado período de tempo, geralmente expressa por unidade de população ou como proporção do total de indivíduos.

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.

   Taxa de mortalidade

   • 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.