1. the state or condition of being subject to death. 2. the relative frequency of deaths in a specific population; death rate. 3. mortal beings collectively; humanity. 4. death or destruction on a large scale, as from war, plague, or famine. 5. Obs. death. [1300–50] Random...
the relative frequency ofdeathsin a specific population;death rate. mortalbeings collectively; humanity. deathor destruction on a large scale, as from war, plague, or famine. Obsolete.death. Discover More Word History and Origins Origin ofmortality1 ...
The meaning "widespread death, numerousness of deaths; plague" is from c. 1400; the sense of "number of deaths from some cause or in a given period" is from 1640s, later especially in proportion to population. also frommid-14c.
was not a healthy place to live. Mortality is hard to calculate with any certainty and we may underestimate the severity of the late medieval epidemics because they fall between the devastation of the fourteenth-century plagues and the impressive documentation of the plagues of the 1550s and late...
47% of global Maternal Mortality (MM) occurred in Africa, with the highest rate in Sub-Saharan countries. It is a great calamity because 85% of all maternal deaths are direct results of complications arising during pregnancy, delivery or the puerperium. Home deliveries are over 60%, largely ...
In 1996, infectious disease deaths decreased for the first time since 1982, falling to a rate of 59 deaths per 100,000. The decline in infectious disease mortality paralleled the drop in all-cause mortality during the first half of the 20th century (Figure 2). The crude mortality rate from...
Malaria continues to plague the tropical and subtropical regions causing high morbidity and mortality. Every year, millions die due to lack of affordable and effective anti-malarial drugs. Malaria poses significant threat to half of the world's population and our arsenal to combat this disease is ...
a function describing temporal change in the instantaneous death rate experienced by individuals in a sample. Commonly referred to as the ‘force of mortality’ or the ‘mortality density.’ More precisely, hazard is the probability density function that generates the probability of dying in a time...
In North America and Europe epidemic and endemic diseases have been largely conquered but Latin Americas increasing poverty makes further decreasing the mortality rate there unlikely. 展开 关键词: Causes of Death Mortality Changes Changes Medicine Economic Development Development Planning Macroeconomic Factors...
The Course of Tuberculosis Mortality and Morbidity in the United States Tuberculosis is in retreat in the United States of America. At the beginning of the century it was the leading cause of death with a mortality rate of 200 ... Dublin,I Louis - 《Am J Public Health Nations Health》 被...