death rate; mortality rate
A statistical rate of deaths in a population or group, common in public health, demography, and news reporting.
The mortality rate for this disease rises with age.
Advances in medicine greatly lowered the infant mortality rate.
The death rate in this area is higher than in other regions.
The new treatment succeeded in lowering the death rate.
The death rate is rising along with the aging of the population.
The statistics bureau calculates the regional death rate every year.
maternal mortality rate; maternal mortality ratio