The mortality in a particular place or situation is the number of people who die.
...the relationships between mortality and unemployment.
The nation's infant mortality rate has reached a record low.
More Synonyms of mortality
mortality in British English
(mɔːˈtælɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
1.
the condition of being mortal
2.
great loss of life, as in war or disaster
3.
the number of deaths in a given period
4.
humankind; humanity
5. an obsolete word for death
mortality in American English
(mɔrˈtæləti)
noun
1.
the condition of being mortal; esp., the nature of a human being, as having eventually to die
2.
death on a large scale, as from disease or war
3.
a.
the proportion of deaths to the population of a region, nation, etc.; death rate
b.
the death rate from a particular disease
4.
the number or proportion that fail
the high mortality of first-year students
5.
human beings collectively
6. Obsolete
death
Word origin
ME mortalite < OFr < L mortalitas < mortalis, mortal
Examples of 'mortality' in a sentence
mortality
It means higher infant mortality.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Infant mortality is down by a factor of five in India and a factor of nine in China over the same period.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It has very low infant mortality and high life expectancy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
These incremental changes will lead to a big change in infant mortality.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
What is the relationship between infant mortality and prenatal care?
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
Can there be a more glamorous way to face our mortality?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Migration or higher mortality of males leads to a shortage of males available for marriage.
Harris, Marvin Cultural Anthropology (1995)
Life expectancy is high and infant mortality low.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This could significantly reduce mortality from the disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
List the major factors that contribute to infant mortality.
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
Education and lower infant mortality are the best ways to reduce family size.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They are the first large mammal other than humans to be shown to suffer mass mortality during a heat wave.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The subsequent construction of sewers through the teeming city proved beyond doubt the link between poor sanitation and high mortality.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But those deaths are unplanned mortality.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Besides being prepared, another aspect of courage is the ability to face our own mortality.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But there are moments of potent magic in the matter-of-fact fantasy of this meditation on death and mortality.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He said: 'The books are all about death and loss and mortality so they are very emotional and they make people emotional.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Quotations
Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt returnBible: Genesis
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dustBook of Common Prayer
Old mortality, the ruins of forgotten timesThomas BrowneHydriotaphia
All men think all men mortal but themselvesEdward YoungNight Thoughts
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth notBible: Job
Here today and gone tomorrow
In other languages
mortality
British English: mortality NOUN
The mortality in a particular place or situation is the number of people who die.
...the relationships between mortality and unemployment.
American English: mortality
Brazilian Portuguese: mortalidade
Chinese: 死亡人数
European Spanish: mortalidad
French: mortalité
German: Sterblichkeit
Italian: mortalità
Japanese: 死亡数
Korean: 사망률
European Portuguese: mortalidade
Latin American Spanish: mortalidad
1 (noun)
Definition
the condition of being mortal
The event served as a stark reminder of our mortality.
Synonyms
humanity
It made me feel deprived of my humanity.
transience
the superficiality and transience of the club scene
impermanence
ephemerality
temporality
corporeality
impermanency
2 (noun)
Definition
the number of deaths in a given period
the nation's infant mortality rate
Synonyms
death
There had been a death in the family.
dying
fatality
the first fatality since the ceasefire began
loss of life
Quotations
Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return [Bible: Genesis]Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust [Book of Common Prayer]Old mortality, the ruins of forgotten times [Thomas Browne – Hydriotaphia]All men think all men mortal but themselves [Edward Young – Night Thoughts]Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not [Bible: Job]
proverb
Here today and gone tomorrow
Additional synonyms
in the sense of fatality
Definition
a death caused by an accident or disaster
the first fatality since the ceasefire began
Synonyms
casualty,
death,
loss,
victim
in the sense of transience
the superficiality and transience of the club scene