as in death
the death especially of large numbers of people or animals
Tuberculosis was a leading cause of mortality back then.
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Recent Examples of mortality
Normally, income and education are frequent culprits and good starting points when trying to explain mortality differences between groups.
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Christopher M. Worsham, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
The sixth report on homeless mortality by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health described the current trend as a plateau.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
On top of that, the report concluded (with moderate certainty) that when compared with never drinking, moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular mortality in both men and women.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
That includes a University of Houston study of maternal mortality that examines why Black, Indigenous and other people of color in the U.S. are nearly three times as likely as white women to die during pregnancy or within the first year after childbirth.
—Agnel Philip, ProPublica, 28 Feb. 2025
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Christopher M. Worsham, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
The sixth report on homeless mortality by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health described the current trend as a plateau.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
On top of that, the report concluded (with moderate certainty) that when compared with never drinking, moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular mortality in both men and women.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
That includes a University of Houston study of maternal mortality that examines why Black, Indigenous and other people of color in the U.S. are nearly three times as likely as white women to die during pregnancy or within the first year after childbirth.
—Agnel Philip, ProPublica, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Mortality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortality. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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