mortality rate

Also known as death rate, mortality

measure of the number of deaths in a population from a given cause, scaled by population, in a set period of time

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A mortality rate measures how many people die from a specific cause within a certain population over a set period of time, adjusted to account for the size of that population. It matters because it helps us understand how deadly a disease, condition, or cause is, and allows us to compare health risks fairly across different groups and places.

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Research

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Amniotic fluid embolism mortality rate.ReviewThe journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research · 2017Benson MDDOI: 10.1111/jog.13445
A systematic review and meta-analysis on mortality rate following total pelvic exenteration in cancer patients.BMC cancer · 2024Esmailzadeh A, Fakhari MS, Saedi N et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12885-024-12377-5
Mortality rate of end-stage kidney disease patients in Taiwan.Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi · 2022Wu BS, Wei CH, Yang CY et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2021.12.015
Is Neonatal Mortality Rate in Ethiopia Going from Bad to Worse?Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2022Haileamlak ADOI: 10.4314/ejhs.v32i3.1
COVID-19 mortality rate in children is U-shaped.Aging · 2021Khera N, Santesmasses D, Kerepesi C et al.DOI: 10.18632/aging.203442
Trends in non-Hodgkin lymphoma mortality rate in Japan and the United States: A population-based study.Cancer science · 2023Usui Y, Ito H, Katanoda K et al.DOI: 10.1111/cas.15926
In- and out-hospital mortality rate in surgical patients.Acta chirurgica Belgica · 2018Dony P, Pirson M, Boogaerts JGDOI: 10.1080/00015458.2017.1353236
Dietary restriction of rodents decreases aging rate without affecting initial mortality rate -- a meta-analysis.Aging cell · 2013Simons MJ, Koch W, Verhulst SDOI: 10.1111/acel.12061

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Mortality rate of countries, deaths per thousand

Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year; thus, a mortality rate of 9.5 (out of 1,000) in a population of 1,000 would mean 9.5 deaths per year in that entire population, or 0.95% out of the total. It is distinct from "morbidity", which is either the prevalence or incidence of a disease, and also from the incidence rate (the number of newly appearing cases of the disease per unit of time).