mortality rate
- Guideline or reference source
- WHO Glossary
- Definition
- An estimate of the proportion of a population that dies during a specified period. The numerator is the number of persons dying during the period; the denominator is the number in the population exposed to the risk of dying, usually estimated as the midyear population.
- Broader Term
- infant mortality rate
- maternal mortality rate
- Related Term
- under 5 mortality rate
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