noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ high , low
▪
Poor hygiene led to high ~ among children.
▪ early , premature
▪
a condition that often results in premature ~
▪ adult , child , infant , juvenile
▪ childhood
▪ hospital
VERB + MORTALITY
▪ cause
▪
The disease has caused widespread ~.
▪ decrease , reduce
▪
measures that should reduce infant ~
▪ increase
MORTALITY + VERB
▪ increase
▪ decrease , fall
MORTALITY + NOUN
▪ level , rate
▪ data , statistics
▪ study
▪ risk
▪ increase , reduction
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ among
▪
Mortality among immigrant groups was higher than average.
▪ ~ from
▪
a lower annual ~ from cancer
PHRASES
▪ a decline in ~ , an increase in ~