Noun
the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Source: WordNetLife is a sexually transmitted disease and there is a 100 mortality rate. Ronald David Laing
The result is that constitutional precedents are accepted only at their current valuation and have a mortality rate almost as high as their authors. Robert H. Jackson
The main problem with writing in verse is, if your fourth line doesn't come out right, you've got to throw four lines away and figure out a whole new way to attack the problem. So the mortality rate is terrific. Dr. Seuss
Yesterday in this country we had people die of hunger and malnutrition. In some parts of this country, the infant mortality rate rivals that of sub-Saharan Africa. We have a public education system that ranks below that of almost any other Western nation. Alcee Hastings
My dad was an agent for Met Life. In the '50s, I remember the mortality rate was something like - you had - 58 was the average age. Then it was moved up to 62, and then 65, 68. Willard Scott
Eating wheat, like ice climbing, mountain boarding, and bungee jumping, is an extreme sport. It is the only common food that carries its own long-term mortality rate. William Davis