Phrase guide

death rate

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time (usually per 1000 persons per year when not otherwise specified).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mortality, w:mortality rate, MR

Antonyms: birth rate

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noun

Meaning 2

the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deathrate, mortality, mortality rate, fatality rate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rate

Narrower terms: infant deathrate, infant mortality, infant mortality rate, neonatal mortality, neonatal mortality rate

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: taxa de mortalitat — the number of deaths
  • Chinese Mandarin: 死亡率 (sǐwánglǜ) — the number of deaths
  • Czech: úmrtnost — the number of deaths
  • Danish: dødelighed — the number of deaths
  • Danish: dødsrate — the number of deaths
  • Danish: dødelighedsprocent — the number of deaths
  • Finnish: kuolevuus — the number of deaths
  • French: taux de mortalité — the number of deaths
  • Georgian: სიკვდილიანობა (siḳvdilianoba) — the number of deaths
  • Georgian: სიკვდილიანობის დონე (siḳvdilianobis done) — the number of deaths
  • Georgian: სიკვდილიანობის კოეფიციენტი (siḳvdilianobis ḳoepicienṭi) — the number of deaths
  • Georgian: სიკვდილიანობის მაჩვენებელი (siḳvdilianobis mačvenebeli) — the number of deaths
  • German: Sterberate — the number of deaths
  • Hindi: मृत्युदर (mŕtyudar) — the number of deaths
  • Hungarian: halálozási arányszám — the number of deaths
  • Japanese: 死亡率 (shibōritsu) — the number of deaths
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dødsrate — the number of deaths
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dødelighet — the number of deaths
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mortalitet — the number of deaths
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dødsrate — the number of deaths
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dødelegheit — the number of deaths
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: døyelegheit — the number of deaths
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mortalitet — the number of deaths
  • Polish: współczynnik umieralności — the number of deaths
  • Portuguese: (taxa de) mortalidade — the number of deaths
  • Russian: сме́ртность (smértnostʹ) — the number of deaths
  • Serbo-Croatian: smrtnost — the number of deaths
  • Vietnamese: tử suất — the number of deaths
  • Zulu: amanombolo okufa kwabantu — the number of deaths