Definitions for: Mortality


[n] the quality or state of being mortal
[n] the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year



Webster (1913) Definition: Mor*tal"i*ty, n. [L. mortalitas: cf. F.
mortalit['e].]
1. The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to
death or to the necessity of dying.

When I saw her die, I then did think on your
mortality. --Carew.

2. Human life; the life of a mortal being.

From this instant There 's nothing serious in
mortality. --Shak.

3. Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace;
humanity; human nature.

Take these tears, mortality's relief. --Pope.

4. Death; destruction. --Shak.

5. The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a
given community; also, the proportion of deaths to
population, or to a specific number of the population;
death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the
mortality among the settlers was alarming.

Bill of mortality. See under Bill.

Law of mortality, a mathematical relation between the
numbers living at different ages, so that from a given
large number of persons alive at one age, it can be
computed what number are likely to survive a given number
of years.

Table of mortality, a table exhibiting the average relative
number of persons who survive, or who have died, at the
end of each year of life, out of a given number supposed
to have been born at the same time.

Synonyms: death rate, deathrate, fatality rate, morbidity, mortality rate

Antonyms: immortality

See Also: impermanence, impermanency, infant deathrate, infant mortality, infant mortality rate, neonatal mortality, neonatal mortality rate, rate

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