Deathrate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of death rate. alt-of, alternative, dated

    "At ages under 25 years, the deathrate declined sharply. The decline in the deathrate for children under 15 years resulted from the lower diphtheria, scarlet fever and whooping cough rates; among adolescents the lower tuberculosis mortality was the chief factor back of the lower rates."

  2. 2
    the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year wordnet

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death ratefatality ratemortalitymortality rate

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"At ages under 25 years, the deathrate declined sharply. The decline in the deathrate for children under 15 years resulted from the lower diphtheria, scarlet fever and whooping cough rates; among adolescents the lower tuberculosis mortality was the chief factor back of the lower rates."

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