death rate
noun
Note: A crude death rate does not distinguish between specific causes of death or groups of individuals and measures the incidence of all deaths in a population during a given time period. More specific death rates are based on narrower categories of individuals or causes of death.
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Austin Fast, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
According to the Cleveland Clinic, the death rate for bird flu in humans is over 50%.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
It is considered far less fatal than Ebola or the Marburg virus, another hemorrhagic fever with a high death rate.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
South Korea’s overall death rate is rising – and that includes lonely deaths.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Death rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20rate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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death rate
nounNote: A crude death rate does not distinguish between specific causes of death or groups of individuals and measures the incidence of all deaths in a population during a given time period. More specific death rates are based on narrower categories of individuals or causes of death.
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