Mortality

  • 31mortality rates — are critical for determining the abundance of fish populations and the effects of harvesting strategies on yield and spawning potential from a stock. Fish abundance is a balance between the factors that act to increase the stock (births) and… …

    Fisheries — dictionary

  • 32mortality rates — are critical for determining the abundance of fish populations and the effects of harvesting strategies on yield and spawning potential from a stock. Fish abundance is a balance between the factors that act to increase the stock (births) and… …

    Fisheries — dictionary

  • 33Mortality drag — is a term used, in reference to lifetime annuities, to describe a negative impact that is experienced when an annuity purchase is delayed on a fund from which regular withdrawals are being taken by an individual. It is the increasing risk of… …

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  • 34mortality tables — n. Actuarial tables that insurance companies use to determine how long a person is likely to live. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. mortality tables …

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  • 35mortality rate — ➔ rate1 * * * mortality rate UK US noun [C] INSURANCE ► DEATH RATE(Cf. ↑death rate) …

    Financial and business terms

  • 36Mortality forecasting — refers to the art and science of determining likely future mortality rates. It is especially important in rich countries with a high proportion of aged people, since aged populations are expensive in terms of pensions (both public and private).… …

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  • 37mortality charge — A monthly deduction from a universal life insurance policy that increases as the policyholder ages. Category: Personal Finance & Retirement → Life Insurance Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 …

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  • 38mortality table — UK US noun [C] INSURANCE ► LIFE TABLE(Cf. ↑life table) …

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  • 39mortality table — n. a statistical table, based on a sample group of the population, stating the percentage of people who live to any given age and the life expectancy at any given age …

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  • 40Mortality rate — Crude death rate by country Mortality rate is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of… …

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