DEATH RATE


Meaning of DEATH RATE in English

noun

1.

the number of deaths every year for every 1 000 people in the population of a place :

a high / low death rate

2.

the number of deaths every year from a particular disease or in a particular group :

Death rates from heart disease have risen considerably in recent years.

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