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death rate

 
–noun
the number of deaths per unit, usually 1000, of population in a given place and time.
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Origin:
1855–60
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death rate  
n.  The ratio of total deaths to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time. The death rate is often expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 of the population per year. Also called fatality rate.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: death rate
Function: noun
: the ratio of deaths to number of individuals in a population usually expressed as number of deaths per hundred or per thousandpopulation for a given time
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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death rate n.
The ratio of total deaths to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time; often expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 of the population per year. Also called fatality rate, mortality rate.

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death rate

in demographic usage, the frequency of death in a population

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