What does "death rate" mean?

The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time (usually per 1000 persons per year when not otherwise specified).

Death rate

Common synonyms include: fatality rate, mortality rate, case fatality rate, deathrate, fatality, mortality.

noun

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Noun

1
The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time (usually per 1000 persons per year when not otherwise specified).
2
the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year wordnet