noun
the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
• Syn: ↑deathrate, ↑death rate, ↑mortality, ↑fatality rate
• Hypernyms: ↑rate
• Hyponyms: ↑infant deathrate, ↑infant mortality, ↑infant mortality rate, ↑neonatal mortality, ↑neonatal mortality rate
Useful english dictionary. 2012.