mortality
noun/mɔːˈtæləti/
/mɔːrˈtæləti/
(plural mortalities)
- [uncountable] the state of being human and not living forever
- After her mother's death, she became acutely aware of her own mortality.
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- [uncountable] the number of deaths in a particular situation or period of time
- Mortality from lung cancer is still increasing.
Extra Examples- Poor hygiene led to high mortality among children.
- The disease has caused widespread mortality.
- a condition that often results in premature mortality
- a lower annual mortality from cancer
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- early
- …
- cause
- decrease
- reduce
- …
- increase
- decrease
- fall
- …
- level
- rate
- data
- …
- mortality among
- mortality from
- a decline in mortality
- an increase in mortality
- [countable] (specialist) a death
- hospital mortalities (= deaths in hospital)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- early
- …
- cause
- decrease
- reduce
- …
- increase
- decrease
- fall
- …
- level
- rate
- data
- …
- mortality among
- mortality from
- a decline in mortality
- an increase in mortality
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin mortalitas, from mortalis, from mors, mort- ‘death’.
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