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contexts > demography > mortality rates
... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiologic measurements > demography > mortality rates
contexts > population characteristics > demography > mortality rates
... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiology > epidemiological concepts > mortality rates
... > contexts > demography > vital statistics > morbidity > incidence > mortality rates
... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiologic measurements > demography > vital statistics > morbidity > incidence > mortality rates
... > contexts > population characteristics > demography > vital statistics > morbidity > incidence > mortality rates
... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiologic methods > data collection > vital statistics > morbidity > incidence > mortality rates
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > population and environment > mortality rates

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mortality rates  

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  • 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]

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