mortality
noun
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Young people tend to assume they will never die, but a person's sense of his or her mortality generally increases year by year, and often increases greatly after a serious accident or illness. Still, many people refuse to change behaviors that would improve their chances of living into old age. Mortality rates are calculated by government agencies, insurance companies, and medical researchers. Infant mortality rates (the rate at which infants die in childbirth) provide a good indicator of a country's overall health; in recent years, the rates in countries like Iceland, Singapore, and Japan have been much better than in the U.S.
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Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
This interactive dashboard brought together a wealth of drug mortality and demographic data that allowed users to compare county-level overdose rates with the socioeconomic conditions in that area.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
Sedentary lifestyles are linked to a higher risk of insomnia, mortality and cardiovascular disease.
—Gina Park, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Coral reefs, among the most heat-sensitive marine environments, have suffered decades of mass bleaching and mortality due to rising ocean temperatures.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Mortality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mortality. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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