mortality rates
type: Concept
definition: Mortality rates (synonym: death rates) are used to quantify the tendency to die in a population during a given time period. Since death can be considered as the utmost form of “unhealthiness” or “disease,” mortality rates are major (inverse) health indicators. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Mortality Rates]
broader: population and environment
broader: incidence
broader: epidemiological concepts
broader: demography

population and environment
type: Concept
narrower: mortality rates

incidence
type: Concept
narrower: mortality rates

epidemiological concepts
type: Concept
narrower: mortality rates

demography
type: Concept
narrower: mortality rates

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: mortality rates