单词 | death rate |
释义 | > as lemmasdeath rate death rate n. the ratio of deaths to population in a particular area or during a particular period, usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year.See also crude death-rate at crude adj. 11. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > death-rate mortality1621 death rate1849 death toll1864 fatality rate1897 1849 Morning Chron. 7 Nov. 2/3 In comparing one local death rate with another, it is requisite to remember that..there is a tendency from time to time to the recurrence of epidemic pestilence. 1909 B. C. Marsh Introd. City Planning Introd. 7 The following statistics show the death rates in certain congested blocks in New York. 1958 M. E. Faegre & J. E. Anderson Child Care & Training (ed. 8) iv. 49 The death rate from measles in 1954 was twice as high from birth to two years as it was from three to four years. 2002 Independent 18 Apr. i. 5/1 A startling increase in death rates during hot snaps. < as lemmas |
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