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U.S. mortality rates  

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  • Mortality rate (also referred to as the death or fatality rate) is used to describe the ratio of total deaths to the total population in a particular community over an established period of time. It is often expressed as the number of deaths per 100,000 of the population in a given year. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Mortality Rates, U.S.]

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