Death rate — Death Death (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
death rate — ➔ rate1 * * * death rate UK US noun [C] (also mortality rate) ► INSURANCE the number of people who die in a particular group or area in a particular period of time. This figure is often used by insurance companies to calculate risk:… … Financial and business terms
death rate — death rates N COUNT The death rate is the number of people per thousand who die in a particular area during a particular period of time. By the turn of the century, Pittsburgh had the highest death rate in the United States … English dictionary
death rate — n 1.) the number of deaths for every 100 or every 1000 people in a particular year and in a particular place →↑birth rate 2.) the number of deaths each year from a particular disease or in a particular group ▪ childhood death rates … Dictionary of contemporary English
death rate — death ,rate noun count the number of deaths in a particular area in one year … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
death rate — ► NOUN ▪ the number of deaths per one thousand people per year … English terms dictionary
death rate — n. the number of deaths per year per thousand of population in a given community, area, or group: sometimes other units of time or population are used … English World dictionary
death rate — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms death rate : singular death rate plural death rates the number of deaths in a particular area in one year … English dictionary
death-rate — mirtingumas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Populiacijos individų, žuvusių per laiko vienetą, skaičius. Potencinis mirtingumas rodo, kiek tam tikros rūšies individų žūsta idealioje populiacijoje per tam tikrą laikotarpį.… … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
Death rate, infant — The number of children dying under a year of age divided by the number of live births that year. The infant death rate is also called the infant mortality rate. The infant mortality rate is an important measure of the well being of infants,… … Medical dictionary
