average mortality
1mortality — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, low ▪ Poor hygiene led to high mortality among children. ▪ early, premature ▪ a condition that often results in premature mortality …
2mortality rate — mortality, mortality rate The death rate, usually standardized by age and sex, to facilitate comparisons between areas and social groups. It provides a measure of health risks, improvements in the quality of health care, and the comparative… …
3mortality — mortality, mortality rate The death rate, usually standardized by age and sex, to facilitate comparisons between areas and social groups. It provides a measure of health risks, improvements in the quality of health care, and the comparative… …
4Mortality salience — is a term which describes awareness of one s eventual death. Potential to cause worldview defense Mortality salience has the potential to cause worldview defense, a psychological mechanism which strengthens people s connection with their in group …
5Mortality — Mor*tal i*ty, n. [L. mortalitas: cf. F. mortalit[ e].] 1. The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying. [1913 Webster] When I saw her die, I then did think on your mortality. Carew. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
6average — n Average, mean, median, norm, par denote something and usually a number, a quantity, or a condition that represents a middle point between extremes. Of these words average, mean, median, and par are also used as adjectives. Average is an… …
7mortality — /mawr tal i tee/, n., pl. mortalities. 1. the state or condition of being subject to death; mortal character, nature, or existence. 2. the relative frequency of deaths in a specific population; death rate. 3. mortal beings collectively; humanity …
8average out — verb To acquire a specified average value as more instances occur. Between 1854 (and the addition of in patient facilities) and 1870 the mortality rates in the Wakefield Infirmary averaged out to 9.94 per cent for in patients and 3.18 per cent… …
9mortality rate — death rate The crude death rate, i. e. the number of deaths per 1000 of the average population in a given year. It can be subdivided into different rates for different age groups of the population and for different regions …
10overall mortality rate — an average mortality rate calculated over several length or age classes. May be an average of rates of several classes weighted by the time they have acted or an average of rates of several classes weighted by the number of individuals they have… …
