Mortality

  • 21mortality — The relative incidence of death @ mortality tables A means of ascertaining the probable number of years any man or woman of a given age and of ordinary health will live. A mortality table expresses, on the basis of the group studied, the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 22mortality — The relative incidence of death @ mortality tables A means of ascertaining the probable number of years any man or woman of a given age and of ordinary health will live. A mortality table expresses, on the basis of the group studied, the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23mortality — The state of being mortal (destined to die). Mortality also refers to the death rate, or the number of deaths in a certain group of people in a certain period of time. Mortality may be reported for people who have a certain disease, live in one… …

    English dictionary of cancer terms

  • 24mortality — noun (plural mortalities) 1》 the state of being mortal. 2》 death, especially on a large scale.     ↘(also mortality rate) the number of deaths in a given area or period, or from a particular cause …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 25mortality — sugedimas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. failure; mortality; outage vok. Ausfall, m rus. выход из строя, m pranc. défaillance, f …

    Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas

  • 26mortality — 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

  • 27mortality — n. (pl. ies) 1 the state of being subject to death. 2 loss of life on a large scale. 3 a the number of deaths in a given period etc. b (in full mortality rate) a death rate. Etymology: ME f. OF mortaliteacute f. L mortalitas tatis (as MORTAL) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 28Mortality displacement — denotes a (forward) temporal shift in the rate of mortality in a given population, usually attributable to environmental phenomena such as heat waves or cold spells. During heat waves, for instance, there is usually an excess mortality rate in… …

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  • 29mortality rate — mortality, mortality rate The death rate, usually standardized by age and sex, to facilitate comparisons between areas and social groups. It provides a measure of health risks, improvements in the quality of health care, and the comparative… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 30Mortality salience — is a term which describes awareness of one s eventual death. Potential to cause worldview defense Mortality salience has the potential to cause worldview defense, a psychological mechanism which strengthens people s connection with their in group …

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